A new look at ichthyosaur long bone microanatomy and histology: Implications for their adaptation to an aquatic life

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Houssaye, Alexandra ^a   Scheyer, Torsten M ^b   Kolb, Christian ^b   Fischer, Valentin ^c   Martin Sander, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR; FIBROLAMELLAR BONE; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; ICHTHYOSAUR; LONG BONE; MIXOSAURUS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PESSOPTERYX; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; FOSSILS; HUMERUS; REPTILES;

EID: 84899762541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095637     Document Type: Article

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