scholarly journals Correlation of quantitative bone histology data with life history and climate: a phylogenetic approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 678-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nekane Marín-Moratalla ◽  
Jorge Cubo ◽  
Xavier Jordana ◽  
Blanca Moncunill-Solé ◽  
Meike Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Bone Histology ◽  
Quantitative Bone Histology

Long-bone development and life-history traits of the Devonian tristichopterid Hyneria lindae

2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktoriia KAMSKA ◽  
Edward B. DAESCHLER ◽  
Jason P. DOWNS ◽  
Per E. AHLBERG ◽  
Paul TAFFOREAU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Limb Development ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Bone Development ◽  
Bone Histology ◽  
Long Bone ◽  
General Character ◽  
Appendicular Skeleton ◽  
Predatory Behaviour ◽  
Large Size

ABSTRACTHyneria lindae is one of the largest Devonian sarcopterygians. It was found in the Catskill Formation (late Famennian) of Pennsylvania, USA. The current study focuses on the palaeohistology of the humerus of this tristichopterid and supports a low ossification rate and a late ossification onset in the appendicular skeleton. In addition to anatomical features, the large size of the cell lacunae in the cortical bone of the humerus mid-shaft may suggest a large genome size and associated neotenic condition for this species, which could, in turn, be a partial explanation for the large size of H. lindae. The low metabolism of H. lindae revealed here by bone histology supports the hypothesis of an ambush predatory behaviour. Finally, the lines-of-arrested-growth pattern and late ossification of specimen ANSP 21483 suggest that H. lindae probably had a long juvenile stage before reaching sexual maturity. Although very few studies address the life-history traits of stem tetrapods, they all propose a slow limb development for the studied taxa despite different ecological conditions and presumably distinct behaviours. The bone histology of H. lindae would favour the hypothesis that a slow long-bone development could be a general character for stem tetrapods.

Quantitative Bone Histology in the Hypercalcemia of Malignant Disease*

1982 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1066-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEOFFREY MCDONNELL ◽  
COLIN R. DUNSTAN ◽  
RICHARD A. EVANS ◽  
JOHN N. CARTER ◽  
ELLEN HILLS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Disease ◽  
Bone Histology ◽  
Quantitative Bone Histology

Effect of aluminum on normal and uremic rats: Tissue distribution, vitamin D metabolites, and quantitative bone histology

1983 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 344-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuk-Luen Chan ◽  
Allen C. Alfrey ◽  
Solomon Posen ◽  
Dianne Lissner ◽  
Ellen Hills ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Tissue Distribution ◽  
Bone Histology ◽  
Vitamin D Metabolites ◽  
Quantitative Bone Histology

Anatomy, systematics, paleoenvironment, growth, and age of the sauropod dinosaur Sonorasaurus thompsoni from the Cretaceous of Arizona, USA

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. D’Emic ◽  
Brady Z. Foreman ◽  
Nathan A. Jud
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
North American ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Detrital Zircons ◽  
Bone Histology ◽  
Seasonal Precipitation ◽  
Adult Size

AbstractSauropod dinosaurs are rare in the Cretaceous North American fossil record in general and are absent from that record for most of the Late Cretaceous. Sonorasaurus thompsoni from the Turney Ranch Formation of the Bisbee Group of Arizona, USA, potentially represents one of the youngest sauropods before their ca. 30-million-year-long hiatus from the record. The anatomy of Sonorasaurus has only been briefly described, its taxonomic validity has been questioned, several hypotheses have been proposed regarding its phylogenetic relationships, and its life history, geologic age, and reported paleoenvironment are ambiguous.Herein we assess the systematics, paleoenvironment, life history, and geologic age of Sonorasaurus based on firsthand observation, bone histology, and fieldwork in the holotypic quarry and environs. The validity of S. thompsoni is substantiated by autapomorphies. Cladistic analysis firmly places it within the Brachiosauridae, in contrast to results of some recent analyses. Bone histology suggests that the only known exemplar of Sonorasaurus grew slowly and sporadically compared to other sauropods and was approaching its adult size. In contrast with previous assessments of a coastal/estuarine paleoenvironment for the Turney Ranch Formation, our sedimentological and plant macrofossil data indicate that Sonorasaurus lived in a semiarid, low relief evergreen woodland that received highly variable (perhaps seasonal) precipitation. We obtained detrital zircons from the holotypic quarry for U-Pb dating, which only yielded Barremian-aged and older grains, whereas other radiometric and biostratigraphic data suggest that the sediments at the quarry were deposited near the Albian-Cenomanian boundary.Sonorasaurus is taxonomically valid, represents one of the geologically youngest brachiosaurid sauropods, and inhabited a harsh inland evergreen-dominated woodland environment that limited its growth. A review of other Bisbee Group dinosaurs suggests that its fauna, although poorly sampled, exhibits broad similarity to those from coeval North American horizons, reinforcing the apparent faunal homogeneity at the time.

scholarly journals Life History of Rhamphorhynchus Inferred from Bone Histology and the Diversity of Pterosaurian Growth Strategies

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e31392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edina Prondvai ◽  
Koen Stein ◽  
Attila Ősi ◽  
Martin P. Sander
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Bone Histology ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
History Of

Quantitative bone histology in paget's disease of bone: Influence of sodium etidornate (EHDP) therapy

1976 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. 355-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. A. Khairi ◽  
P. Meunier ◽  
C. Edouard ◽  
P. Courpron ◽  
J. Bernard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Paget’S Disease ◽  
Paget's Disease ◽  
Paget’S Disease Of Bone ◽  
Bone Histology ◽  
Paget's Disease Of Bone ◽  
Quantitative Bone Histology

Quantitative bone histology: A new method

Pathology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin R. Dunstan ◽  
R.A. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Bone Histology ◽  
New Method ◽  
Quantitative Bone Histology

scholarly journals Publisher Correction: Bone histology provides insights into the life history mechanisms underlying dwarfing in hipparionins

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillem Orlandi-Oliveras ◽  
Carmen Nacarino-Meneses ◽  
George D. Koufos ◽  
Meike Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Bone Histology
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