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Histology shows that elongated neck ribs in sauropod dinosaurs are ossified tendons
The histology of cervical ribs of Sauropoda reveals a primary bone tissue, which largely consists of longitudinally oriented mineralized collagen fibres, essentially the same tissue as found in ossified tendons. The absence of regular periosteal bone and the dominance of longitudinal fibres contradi...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23034173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0778 |