A New Look at Ichthyosaur Long Bone Microanatomy and Histology: Implications for Their Adaptation to an Aquatic Life

BACKGROUND: Ichthyosaurs are Mesozoic reptiles considered as active swimmers highly adapted to a fully open-marine life. They display a wide range of morphologies illustrating diverse ecological grades. Data concerning their bone microanatomical and histological features are rather limited and sugge...

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Autores principales: Houssaye, Alexandra, Scheyer, Torsten M., Kolb, Christian, Fischer, Valentin, Sander, P. Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24752508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095637

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24752508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095637

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