Cartilaginous Epiphyses in Extant Archosaurs and Their Implications for Reconstructing Limb Function in Dinosaurs

Extinct archosaurs, including many non-avian dinosaurs, exhibit relatively simply shaped condylar regions in their appendicular bones, suggesting potentially large amounts of unpreserved epiphyseal (articular) cartilage. This “lost anatomy” is often underappreciated such that the ends of bones are t...

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Autores principales: Holliday, Casey M., Ridgely, Ryan C., Sedlmayr, Jayc C., Witmer, Lawrence M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013120

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013120

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