Mammalian bone palaeohistology: A survey and new data with emphasis on island forms

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Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Kolb, Christian ^a   Scheyer, Torsten M ^a   Veitschegger, Kristof ^a   Forasiepi, Analia M ^b   Amson, Eli ^a   Van der Geer, Alexandra A E ^c,d   Van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W ^c   Hayashi, Shoji ^e   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e OSAKA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone tissue; Hippopotamus minor; Island evolution; Leithia; Mammals; Mikrotia; Palaeohistology; Paraceratherium; Prolagus; Sinomegaceros

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 85053361269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1358     Document Type: Article

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