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First Reported Cases of Biomechanically Adaptive Bone Modeling in Non-Avian Dinosaurs

Predator confrontation or predator evasion frequently produces bone fractures in potential prey in the wild. Although there are reports of healed bone injuries and pathologies in non-avian dinosaurs, no previously published instances of biomechanically adaptive bone modeling exist. Two tibiae from a...

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Autores principales: Cubo, Jorge, Woodward, Holly, Wolff, Ewan, Horner, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26153689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131131

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