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Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils
Medullary bone is an ephemeral type of bone tissue, today found only in sexually mature female birds, that provides a calcium reservoir for eggshell formation. The presence of medullary bone-like tissues in extant birds, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs distantly related to birds shows that caution must be...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281594/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30518763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07621-z |