Palaeohistology

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Classical overview work
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Fossil Synapsida
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Parareptilia
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Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Adams, J. S., and C. L. Organ. 2005. Histologic determination of ontogenetic patterns and processes in hadrosaurian ossified tendons. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:614-622.
2005 DOI hadrosaur tendons (Maiasaura, Brachylophosaurus)
Aeby, C. 1878. Das histologische Verhalten fossilen Knochen- und Zahngewebes. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 15:371-382.
1878 Link
crocodylians (?Madriosaurus, Machinosaurus hugii), read more
crocodylians (?Madriosaurus, Machinosaurus hugii), turtles (Plesiochelys solodurensis, ?Emys), sauropterygians (Plesiosaurus?), synapsids (rhinocerotid Aceratherium, sirenian Halitherium studeri, proboscidean Mastodon?, “Hyopotamus gresslii”, cervid Cervus tarandus, equid Cervus ferus caballus?, bovid Bos taurus, hominid Homo sapiens, Mammalia indet.?), birds (Dinornithidae indet. [originally referred to Euryapteryx rheides, see also Worthy and Holdaway, 2002])
Antunes, M. T., and O. Mateus. 2003. Dinosaurs of Portugal. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:77-95.
2003 DOI theropod Lourinhanosaurus
Bailleul, A., L. Ségalen, A. D. Buscalioni, O. Cambra-Moo, and J. Cubo. 2011. Palaeohistology and preservation of tetrapods from Las Hoyas (Lower Cretaceous, Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol (in press).
2011 DOI
bone histology and geochemistry of turtles (Centro read more
bone histology and geochemistry of turtles (Centrocryptodira indet.), squamates (Scandensia ciervensis), enantiornithine birds (Concornis lacustris), ornithomimosaurian theropods (Pelecanimimus polyodon) and Archosauria indet. [also discoglossid anurans]
Barreto, C. 1997. Dinosaur growth plates and dinosaur bone growth. Dinofest International Proceedings:95-100.
1997 hadrosaur Maiasaura
Barrett, P. M., J. B. Clarke, D. B. Brinkman, S. D. Chapman, and P. C. Ensom. 2002. Morphology, histology and identification of the 'granicones' from the Purbeck Limestone Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Berriasian) of Dorset, southern England. Cretaceous Research 23:279-295.
2002 DOI
limb ossicles (‘granicones’) of turtles (solemydid read more
limb ossicles (‘granicones’) of turtles (solemydid Helochelydra (=Tretosternon) anglica or ‘Tretosternon’ bakewelli)
Baziak, B. 2008. Comparative osteohistology of Maiasaura peeblesorum (Hadrosauridae) from the Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) Camp-O-Saur bonebed of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:49A.
2008 hadrosaurid dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum
Bennett, S. C. 1993. The ontogeny of Pteranodon and other pterosaurs. Paleobiology 19:92-106.
1993 Link limb bones (wing metacarpals) of Pteranodon
Benton, M. J., Z. Csiki, D. Grigorescu, R. Redelstorff, P. M. Sander, K. Stein, and D. B. Weishampel. 2010. Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (in press).
2010 DOI
long bones (tibiae, femur) of sauropod Europasauru read more
long bones (tibiae, femur) of sauropod Europasaurus holgeri
Botha, J. 2003. Biological aspects of the Permian dicynodont Oudenodon (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) deduced from bone histology and cross-sectional geometry. Palaeontologia africana 39:37-44.
2003
cynodont Oudenodon bainii (see Botha and Angielczy read more
cynodont Oudenodon bainii (see Botha and Angielczyk, 2007)
Botha, J., and A. Chinsamy. 2000. Growth patterns deduced from the bone histology of the cynodonts Diademodon and Cynognathus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:705-711.
2000 DOI cynodonts Diademodon and Cynognathus
Botha, J., and A. Chinsamy. 2004. Growth and life habits of the Triassic cynodont Trirachodon, inferred from bone histology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49:619-627.
2004 Link
cynodont Trirachodon and species Trirachodon kanne read more
cynodont Trirachodon and species Trirachodon kannemeyeria
Botha, J., and A. Chinsamy. 2005. Growth patterns of Thrinaxodon liorhinus, a non-mammalian cynodont from the Lower Triassic of South Africa. Palaeontology 48:385-394.
2005 DOI cynodont Thrinaxodon liorhinus
Botha, J., and K. D. Angielczyk. 2007. An integrative approach to distinguishing the Late Permian dicynodont species Oudenodon bainii and Tropidostoma microtrema (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Palaeontology 50:1175-1209.
2007 DOI dicynodont Tropidostoma microtrem
Botha-Brink, J., and K. D. Angielczyk. 2010. Do extraordinarily high growth rates in Permo-Triassic dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) explain their success before and after the end-Permian extinction? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:341-365.
2010 DOI
"several skeletal elements of different ontogeneti read more
"several skeletal elements of different ontogenetic stages of dicynodonts (Galeoops, Eodicynodon, Diictodon, Endothiodon, Cistecephalus, Tropidostoma, Dicynodontoides, Rhachiocephalus, Oudenodon, Aulacephalodon, Dicynodon, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus sp. [possibly L. diclivis], Kannemeyeria"
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Publication YearLink DOI
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1
Classical overview work
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2
Fossil Synapsida
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3
Parareptilia
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4
Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Botha-Brink, J., and R. M. H. Smith. 2011. Osteohistology of the Triassic archosauromorphs Prolacerta, Proterosuchus, Euparkeria, and Erythrosuchus from the Karoo Basin of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:1238-1254.
2011 DOI
limb bones and ribs of the archosauromorph Prolace read more
limb bones and ribs of the archosauromorph Prolacerta broomi and the archosauriforms Proterosuchus fergusi, Erythrosuchus africanus, and Euparkeria capensis
Bouvier, M. 1977. Dinosaur Haversian bone and endothermy. Evolution 31:449-450.
1977 pelycosaurs Dimetrodon, Edaphosaurus, Ophiacodon
Bowerbank, J. S. 1848. Microscopical observations on the structure of the bones of Pterodactylus giganteus and other fossil animals. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society London 4:2-10.
1848
azhdarchoid pterosaur Lonchodectes (“Pterodactylus read more
azhdarchoid pterosaur Lonchodectes (“Pterodactylus giganteus”)
Boyd, C. A., T. P. Cleland, and F. Novas. Osteogenesis, homology, and function of the intercostal plates in ornithischian dinosaurs (Tetrapoda, Sauropsida). Zoomorphology (in press).
DOI
intercostal plates of neornithischian dinosaurs (H read more
intercostal plates of neornithischian dinosaurs (Hypsilophodon foxii, Talenkauen santacrucensis and Thescelosaurus sp.)
Brinkman, D. L., and F. M. Conway. 1985. Textural and mineralogical analysis of a Stegosaurus (Reptilia: Ornithischia) plate. The Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon 63:1-5.
1985 back plate of Stegosaurus stenops
Broili, F. 1922. Über den feineren Bau der "verknöcherten Sehnen" (=verknöcherten Muskeln) von Trachodon. Anatomischer Anzeiger 55:465-475.
1922 Link
tendons of hadrosaur ?Trachodon [=Anatosaurus, see read more
tendons of hadrosaur ?Trachodon [=Anatosaurus, see Reid, 1984a,b, 1985]
Brusatte, S. L., M. A. Norell, T. D. Carr, G. M. Erickson, J. R. Hutchinson, A. M. Balanoff, G. S. Bever, J. N. Choiniere, P. J. Makovicky, and X. Xu. 2010. Tyrannosaur Paleobiology: new research on ancient exemplar organisms Science 329:1481-1485.
2010 DOI rib of Tyrannosaurus rex
Buffetaut, E., V. de Buffrénil, A. de Ricqlès, and Z. Špinar. 1982. Remarques anatomiques et paléohistologiques sur Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, crocodilien mésosuchien des phosphates yprésiens de Tunisie. Annales de Paléontologie 68(4):327-341.
1982
sections of skull, lower jaw and the dorsal verteb read more
sections of skull, lower jaw and the dorsal vertebrae of the dyrosaurid crocodylomorph Dyrosaurus phosphaticus
Buffrénil, V. de 1980. Donnés préliminaires sur la structure des marques de croissance squelettiques chez les crocodiliens actuels et fossiles [Preliminary data on the structure of growth marks among living and fossil crocodilians]. Bulletin de la Societé de Zoologie de France 105:355-361.
1980
crocodylians (Eusuchia indet. [“Eusuchiens de l'Eo read more
crocodylians (Eusuchia indet. [“Eusuchiens de l'Eocène du Wyoming“])
Buffrénil, V. de 1982. Morphogenesis of bone ornamentation in extant and extinct crocodilians. Zoomorphology 99:155-166.
1982
skulls and osteoderms of crocodylians (Eusuchia in read more
skulls and osteoderms of crocodylians (Eusuchia indet. [Eocene of Wyoming], Diplocynodon sp.)
Buffrénil, V. de, A. Canoville, R. D'Anastasio, and D. P. Domning. 2010. Evolution of sirenian pachyosteosclerosis, a model-case for the study of bone structure in aquatic tetrapods. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 17:101-120.
2010 DOI
Desmostylia (Paleoparadoxia sp., Paleoparadoxia cf read more
Desmostylia (Paleoparadoxia sp., Paleoparadoxia cf. tabatai); Sirenia: Prorastomidae (Pezosiren portelli), Protosirenidae (Protosiren fraasi), Dugongidae (Eotheroides aegyptiacum, Eosiren stromeri, Eosiren libyca, Prototherium montserratense, Halitherium schinzii, Metaxytherium krahuletzi, Crenatosiren olseni, Nanosiren garciae, Dioplotherium cf. allisoni, Hydrodamalis gigas [recently extinct])
Buffrénil, V. de, A. de Ricqlès, C. E. Ray, and D. P. Domning. 1990a. Bone histology of the ribs of the archaeocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10:455-466.
1990 Link
archaeocetes (Zygorhiza kochii, Basilosaurus cetoi read more
archaeocetes (Zygorhiza kochii, Basilosaurus cetoides)
Buffrénil, V. de, A. de Ricqlès, D. Sigogneau-Russell, and E. Buffetaut. 1990b. L'histologie osseuse des champsosauridés: donnees descriptives et interprétation fonctionnelle. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 76:255-275.
1990
champsosaurid choristoderes Champsosaurus and Simo read more
champsosaurid choristoderes Champsosaurus and Simoedosaurus
Buffrénil, V. de, and E. Buffetaut. 1981. Skeletal growth lines in an Eocene crocodilian skull from Wyoming as an indicator of ontogenetic age and paleoclimatic conditions. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1:57-66.
1981 Link
skull fragment of crocodylian “Crocodylus“ cf. C. read more
skull fragment of crocodylian “Crocodylus“ cf. C. affinis (Bridger Fm., Eocene, Wyoming)
Buffrénil, V. de, and J. M. Mazin. 1993. Some aspects of skeletal growth in Triassic and post-Triassic ichthyosaurs as revealed by bone histology. Paleontologia Lombarda Nuova serie 2(1):63-68.
1993 Link
bone histology of the appendicular skeleton of ich read more
bone histology of the appendicular skeleton of ichthyosaurs (Omphalosaurus nisseri; Stenopterygius quadriscissus, Ophthalmosaurus sp.); note that phylogenetic position of Omphalosaurus nisseri as an ichthyosaur is contested (see Motani, 2000; Sander and Faber, 2003)
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-C. Rage. 1993. La «pachyostose» vertébrale de Simoliophis (Reptilia, Squamata): données comparatives et considérations fonctionnelles. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 79:315-335.
1993 snakes Simoliophis rochebrunei and Paleophis
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Publication YearLink DOI
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1
Classical overview work
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2
Fossil Synapsida
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3
Parareptilia
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Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-M. Mazin. 1989. Bone histology of Claudiosaurus germaini (Reptilia, Claudiosauridae) and the problem of pachyostosis in aquatic tetrapods. Historical Biology 2:311-322.
1989 neodiapsid Claudiosaurus germaini
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-M. Mazin. 1990. Bone histology of the ichthyosaurs: comparative data and functional interpretation. Paleobiology 16:435-447.
1990 Link
ichthyosaurs (Omphalosaurus nisseri; Stenopterygiu read more
ichthyosaurs (Omphalosaurus nisseri; Stenopterygius quadriscissus, Ichthyosaurus sp.); note that phylogenetic position of Omphalosaurus nisseri as an ichthyosaur is contested (see Motani, 2000; Sander and Faber, 2003)
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-M. Mazin. 1992. Contribution de l’histologie osseuse à l’interprétation paléobiologique du genre Placodus Agassiz, 1833 (Reptilia, Placodontia). Revue de Paléobiologie 11:397-407.
1992 sauropterygian placodont Placodus gigas
Buffrénil, V. de, H. Astibia, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and A. Berreteaga. 2008a. Variation in bone histology of middle Eocene sirenians from western Europe. Geodiversitas 30:425-432.
2008
dugongid sirenians (Prototherium montserratense, t read more
dugongid sirenians (Prototherium montserratense, two species of Dugongidae indet.)
Buffrénil, V. de, J.-M. Mazin, and A. de Ricqlès. 1987. Caractères structuraux et mode de croissance du fémur d'Omphalosaurus nisseri, ichthyosaurien du Trias moyen de Spitzberg. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 73:195-216.
1987
ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus nisseri; note that phylo read more
ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus nisseri; note that phylogenetic position of Omphalosaurus nisseri as an ichthyosaur is contested (see Motani, 2000; Sander and Faber, 2003)
Buffrénil, V. de, J.-Y. Sire, and J.-C. Rage. 2010. The histological structure of glyptosaurine osteoderms (Squamata: Anguidae), and the problem of osteoderm development in squamates. Journal of Morphology 271:729-737.
2010 DOI osteoderms of squamates (Glyptosaurinae indet.)
Buffrénil, V. de, N. Bardet, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and B. Bouya. 2008b. Specialization of bone structure in Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, an aquatic squamate from the Late Cretaceous of the southern Tethyan margin. Lethaia 41:59-69.
2008 DOI
vertebrae of the aquatic squamate Pachyvaranus cra read more
vertebrae of the aquatic squamate Pachyvaranus crassispondylus
Burns, M. E. 2008. Taxonomic utility of ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) osteoderms: Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000: a test case. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:1102-1109.
2008 DOI
ankylosaur osteoderm data (Glyptodontopelta mimus, read more
ankylosaur osteoderm data (Glyptodontopelta mimus, Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, Edmontonia sp., Ankylosauridae indet.; with further reference to Ankylosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Edmontonia longiceps, E. rugosidens, and Panoplosaurus)
Bybee, P. J., A. H. Lee, and E.-T. Lamm. 2006. Sizing the Jurassic theropod dinosaur Allosaurus: assessing growth strategy and evolution of ontogenetic scaling of limbs. Journal of Morphology 267:347-359.
2006
theropods (Allosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosaurus read more
theropods (Allosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex)
Cambra-Moo, O., A. D. Buscalioni, J. Cubo, J. Castanet, M.-M. Loth, E. d. Margerie, and A. de Ricqlès. 2006. Histological observations of enantiornithine bone (Saurischia, Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas (Spain) Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:685-691.
2006 DOI enantiornithine Concornis cf. C. lacustris
Campbell, J. G. 1966. A dinosaur bone lesion resembling avian osteopetrosis and some remarks on the mode of development of the lesions. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 85:163-174.
1966
iguanodontid dinosaur ‘Mochlodon’, [other material read more
iguanodontid dinosaur ‘Mochlodon’, [other material mentioned belonging to Carnosauria indet., Dinosauria indet. and Pterosauria indet.]
Carbadillo, J. L., D. Pol, I. Cerda, and L. Salgado. 2011. The osteology of Chubutisaurus insignis Del Corro, 1975 (Dinosauria: Neosauropoda) from the 'Middle' Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:93-110.
2011 DOI femur of neosauropod Chubutisaurus insignis
Castanet, J. 1986-1987. La squelettochronologie chez les reptiles III - application. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Paris. 13e Série 8 157-172.
1986-87 lacertid Gallotia goliath
Castanet, J., and M. Baez. 1991. Adaptation and evolution in Gallotia lizards from the Canary Islands: age, growth, maturity and longevity. Amphibia-Reptilia 12:81-102.
1991 lacertid Gallotia goliath
Cerda, I. A., and J. E. Powell. 2010. Dermal armor histology of Saltasaurus loricatus, an Upper Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur from Northwest Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55:389-398.
2010 DOI dermal armour of titanosaur Saltasaurus loricatus
Chinsamy, A. 1990. Physiological implications of the bone histology of Syntarsus rhodesiensis (Saurischia: Theropoda). Palaeontologia africana 27:77-82.
1990
coelophysid Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis [originally read more
coelophysid Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis [originally referred to as Syntarsus rhodesiensis; Downs, 2000 proposed synonymy with Coelophysis bauri, which was rejected by Smith and Merrill, 2006]
Reference
Publication YearLink DOI
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1
Classical overview work
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2
Fossil Synapsida
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3
Parareptilia
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4
Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Chinsamy, A. 1991. The bone histology and possible growth strategy of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus. Paper presented at the Fifth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, University of Oslo, 1991.
1991 prosauropod Massospondylus carinatus
Chinsamy, A. 1993a. Bone histology and growth trajectory of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus Owen. Modern Geology 18:319-329.
1993 prosauropod Massospondylus carinatus
Chinsamy, A. 1993b. Image analysis and the physiological implications of the vascularisation of femora in archosaurs. Modern Geology 19:101-108.
1993
Massospondylus carinatus and Megapnosaurus (Syntar read more
Massospondylus carinatus and Megapnosaurus (Syntarsus) rhodesiensis; see also Chinsamy, 1994
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