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The internal anatomy of titanosaur osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain is compatible with a role in oogenesis

Dermal armor is one of the most intriguing features of some titanosaurs, the only sauropod dinosaurs that bore osteoderms. Some studies have revealed cavities of varying sizes inside some titanosaur osteoderms, interpreted as the result of bone remodeling for mineral mobilization. Several hypotheses...

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Autores principales: Vidal, Daniel, Ortega, Francisco, Gascó, Francisco, Serrano-Martínez, Alejandro, Sanz, José Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5294579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28169348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42035