Rethinking the nature of fibrolamellar bone: an integrative biological revision of sauropod plexiform bone formation

K Stein, E Prondvai - Biological Reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present novel findings on sauropod bone histology that cast doubt on general
palaeohistological concepts concerning the true nature of woven bone in primary cortical …

[HTML][HTML] Bone microanatomy and lifestyle: a descriptive approach

M Laurin, A Canoville, D Germain - Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2011 - Elsevier
Starting in 2004, our lab has published several studies on the relationship between bone
microanatomy, lifestyle (aquatic to terrestrial), and the phylogeny of tetrapods. These studies …

Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships

S Bandyopadhyay, S Ray - Episodes, 2020 - digitalcommons.isical.ac.in
The twelve Gondwanan stratigraphic horizons of India have yielded varied vertebrate fossils.
The oldest fossil record is the Endothiodon-dominated multitaxic Kundaram fauna, which …

Palaeobiology of the early sauropodomorph Mussaurus patagonicus inferred from its long bone histology

IA Cerda, D Pol, A Otero, A Chinsamy - Palaeontology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a detailed histological study of long bones from an ontogenetic series of
Mussaurus patagonicus, an early sauropodomorph from the Lower Jurassic of Argentina …

Temnospondyli bite club: ecomorphological patterns of the most diverse group of early tetrapods

J Fortuny, J Marcé‐Nogué… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Temnospondyls were a successful group of early tetrapods that lived during the Palaeozoic
and Mesozoic periods. Different ecomorphotypes were present (terrestrial, amphibious and …

A giant phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic of India with new insights on phytosaur migration, endemism and extinction

D Datta, S Ray - Papers in Palaeontology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A new Mystriosuchinae phytosaur, Colossosuchus techniensis, is described from the Upper
Triassic Tiki Formation of India. Colossosuchus is diagnosed by multiple apomorphies …

Histological skeletochronology indicates developmental plasticity in the early Permian stem lissamphibian Doleserpeton annectens

BM Gee, Y Haridy, RR Reisz - Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Doleserpeton annectens is a small‐bodied early Permian amphibamiform, a clade of
temnospondyl amphibians regarded by many workers to be on the lissamphibian stem. Most …

Unique growth pattern of Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Upper Triassic of Krasiejów, Poland

D Konietzko-Meier, N Klein - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Morphology and bone histology of femora, tibiae, and fibulae of the temnospondyl
Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis from the Upper Triassic locality of Krasiejów …

Variability of growth pattern observed in Metoposaurus krasiejowensis humeri and its biological meaning

EM Teschner, PM Sander, D Konietzko-Meier - Journal of Iberian Geology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Histological studies on temnospondyl amphibian bones remain rare. A systematic
revision of the histology was applied for the purpose of testing the histovariability in the …

Long bone histology of Metoposaurus diagnosticus (Temnospondyli) from the Late Triassic of Krasiejów (Poland) and its paleobiological implications

D Konietzko-Meier, PM Sander - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Long bones of the temnospondyl Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis from the Late
Triassic of Krasiejów, Poland, were studied using histological analysis. Six femora, three …