Osteoderm histology of the Pampatheriidae (Cingulata, Xenarthra, Mammalia): Implications for systematics, osteoderm growth, and biomechanical adaptation

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 273, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-404

  Wolf, Dominik ^a   Kalthoff, Daniela C ^b   Sander, P Martin ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Glyptodontidae; Osteoderm growth; Pampatheriidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DERMIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; XENARTHRA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DERMIS; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; XENARTHRA;

ARMADILLO; CINGULATA; DASYPODIDAE; EDENTATA; GLYPTODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 84857644443     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.11029     Document Type: Article

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