The histology of ossified tendon in dinosaurs

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 602-613

  Organ, Christopher L ^a,b   Adams, Jason ^a,c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSILIZATION;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; CAMARASAURUS; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 30744473474     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0602:THOOTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Abdalla, O. 1979. Ossification and mineralization in the tendons of the chicken (Gallus domesticus). Journal of Anatomy 129:351-359.
2. Boas, J. E. V. 1929. Biologisch-anatomische studien uber den hals der vogel. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs skrifter Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematick Afdelning Series 9:105-222.
3. Broili, F. 1922. Uber den feineren Bau der 'verknochnerten Sehnen' (verknochteren Muskeln) von Trachodon. Anatomischer Anzeiger 55:465-475.
4. Brown, B. 1933. A gigantic ceratopsian dinosaur, Triceratops maximus, new species. American Museum Novitates 649:1-9.
5. Coombs, W. P. J. 1995. Ankylosaurian tail clubs of middle Campanian to early Maastrichtian age from western North America, with description of a tiny tail club from Alberta and discussion of tail orientation and tail club function. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32: 902-912.
6. Cormack, D. 1987. Ham's Histology. Lippincott, New York, 732 pp.
7. Currey, J. D. 2002. Bones: Structure and Mechanics. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 480 pp.
8. de Margerie, E. 2002. Laminar bone as an adaptation to torsional loads in flapping flight. Journal of Anatomy 201:521.
9. de Ricqlès, A. J. 1980. Tissue structure of dinosaur bone: functional significance and possible relation to dinosaur physiology; pp. 103-139 in R. D. K. Thomas and C. Olson (eds.), A Cold Look at the Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Selected Symposium 28, Westview, Boulder, CO.
10. de Ricqlès, A. J., K. Padian, and J. R. Horner. 2001. The bone histology of basal birds in phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspectives; pp. 411-426 in J. Gauthier and L. F. Gall (eds.), New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom. Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut.
11. de Ricqlès, A. J., K. Padian, J. R. Horner, and H. Francillon-Veillot. 2000. Paleohistology of the bones of pterosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria): anatomy, ontogeny, and biomechanical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129:349-385.
12. Forster, C. A. 1990. The postcranial skeleton of the ornithopod dinosaur Tenontosaurus tilletti. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10: 273-294.
13. Francillon-Vieillot, H., V. de Buffrénil, J. Castanet, J. Géraudie, F. J. Meunier, J. Y. Sire, L. Zylberberg, and A. J. de Ricqlès. 1990. Microstructure and mineralization of vertebrate skeletal tissues; pp. 471-530 in J. G. Carter (ed.), Skeletal Biomineralization: Patterns, Processes and Evolutionary Trends. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
14. Gauthier, J. 1986. Saurischian monophyly and the origin of birds. California Academy of Sciences, Memoir 8:1-55.
15. Gould, S. J., and R. C. Lewontin. 1979. The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossion paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 205:581-598.
16. Haines, R. W., and A. Mohuiddin. 1968. Metaplastic bone. Journal of Anatomy 103:527-538.
17. Horner, J. R., A. J. de Ricqlès, and K. Padian. 1999. Variation in dinosaur skeletochronology: implications for age assessment and physiology. Paleobiology 25:295-304.
18. Johnson, L. C. 1960. Mineralization of Turkey Leg Tendon. I. Histology and Histochemistry of Mineralization; pp. 117-128 in R. F. Sognnaes (ed.), Calcification in Biological Systems. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington.
19. Kannus, P. 2000. Structure of the tendon connective tissue. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 10:312-320.
20. Koehnlein, H. 1930. Knochenbildung in Sehnen. Archiv LX Klinik Chirurgischen 163:147-172.
21. Kram, R., and T. J. Dawson. 1998. Energetics and biomechanics of locomotion by red kangaroos (Macropus rufus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 120:41-49.
22. Landis, W. J., and F. H. Silver. 2002. The structure and function of normally mineralizing avian tendons. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 133:1135-1157.
23. Lieberkuhn, N. 1860. Uber die Ossification. Die Ossification des Sehnengewebes. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin 1860:824-846.
24. Lull, R. S., and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America, Special Papers 40:242.
25. Molnar, R. E., and E. Frey. 1987. The paravertebral elements of the Australian ankylosaur Minmi (Reptilia: Ornithischia, Cretaceous). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 75: 19-37.
26. Moodie, R. L. 1928. The histological nature of ossified tendons found in dinosaurs. American Museum Novitates 311:1-15.
27. Norman, D. B. 1980. On the ornithischian dinosaur Iguanodon bernissartensis from the lower Cretaceous of Bernissart (Belgium). L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoire 178: 1-103.
28. Norman, D. B. 1986. On the anatomy of Iguanodon atherfieldensis (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturefles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 56:281-372.
29. Organ, C. L. 2003. Epaxial muscles and ossified tendons in dinosaurs: Anatomy, development, histology, and biomechanics. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 115 pp.
30. Ostrom, J. H. 1969. Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an unusual theropod from the lower Cretaceous of Montana. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, Bulletin 30:1-165.
31. Ostrom, J. H. 1990. Dromaeosauridae; pp. 269-279 in D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley.
32. Reid, R. E. H. 1996. Bone histology of the Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaurs and of dinosaurs in general, part I: introduction to bone tissues. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 41:25-72.
33. Reid, R. E. H. 1997. Histology of bones and teeth; pp. 329-339 in P. J. Currie and K. Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
34. Retterer, E., and A. Lelièvre. 1911. Phénomènes cytologiques des tendons des oiseaux en voie d'ossification. Compte Rendu des Seances de la Société de Biologie, Paris 71:596-599.
35. Rothschild, B. M. 1987. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis as reflected in the paleontologic record: dinosaurs and early mammals. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 17:119-125.
36. Rothschild, B. M., and D. Tanke. 1992. Paleopathology of vertebrates: insights to lifestyle and health in the geological record. Geoscience Canada 19:73-82.
37. Rydzewski, W. 1935. Études sur le notarium chez les Oiseaux. Acta Ornithologica Musei Zoologici Polonici 1:403-427.
38. Sereno, P. C. 1999. The evolution of dinosaurs. Science 284:2137-2147.
39. Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 271:1325-1330.
40. Sues, H.-D, and P. M. Galton. 1987. Anatomy and classification of the North American Pachycephalosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Palaeontographica 198:1-40.
41. Summers, A. P., and T. J. Koob. 2002. The evolution of tendon - morphology and material properties. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 133:1159-1170.
42. Suzuki, D., G. Murakami, and N. Minoura. 2002. Histology of the bone-tendon interfaces of limb muscles in lizards. Annals of Anatomy 184:363-377.
43. Unwin, D. M., E. Frey, D. M. Martill, J. B. Clarke, and J. Riess. 1996. On the nature of the pteroid in pterosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 263:45-52.
44. Vanden Berge, J. C., and R. W. Storer. 1995. Intratendinous ossification in birds: a review. Journal of Morphology 226:47-77.
45. Weidenreich, F. 1930. Das Knochengewebe (Grobgebündelte Grundsubstanz - Faserknochen); pp. 409-416 in Handbuch der Mikroskopischen Anatomie de Menschen. Springer, Berlin.
46. Wilson, J. W. 1994. Histological techniques; pp. 329-339 in P. Leiggi and P. May (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontological Techniques. Cambridge University Press, NY.