ReviewBiology letters2023
Palaeoecological deductions from osteohistology.
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- Synchrotron imaging reveals diversity in archosauromorph growth strategies by the end of the early Triassic.iScience · 2026Article
- Several occurrences of osteomyelitis in dinosaurs from a site in the Bauru Group, Cretaceous of Southeast Brazil.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026Article
- Interdisciplinarity of secondary osteons: relevance of bioarchaeological and palaeontological research in biomedical cortical bone histology studies.Bone reports · 2026Review
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- Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The pseudosuchian record in paleohistology: A small review.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2025Review
- Growing with dinosaurs: a review of dinosaur reproduction and ontogeny.Biology letters · 2025Review
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- Osteohistology of the Maastrichtian, small-bodied elasmosaurid Kawanectes lafquenianum (Sauropterygia; Plesiosauria).Journal of anatomyArticle
- Growth and life history of freshwater chelydrid turtles (Testudines: Cryptodira): A bone histological approach.Journal of anatomyArticle
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Abstract
Palaeoecological deductions are vital for understanding the evolution and diversification of species within prehistoric environments. This review highlights the multitude of ways in which the microanatomy and microscopic structure of bones enables palaeoecological deductions. The occurrence of growth marks in bones is discussed, and their usefulness in deducing the ontogenetic status and age of individuals is considered, as well as how such marks in bones permit the assessment of the growth dynamics of individuals and species. Here osteohistology is shown to provide insight into the structure of past populations, as well as ecological relationships between individuals. In addition, the response of bones to trauma, disease and moulting is considered. Finally, I explore how osteohistology can give insight into ecomorphological adaptations, such as filter feeding, probe feeding and saltatorial locomotion. Methodological advances in three-dimensional microtomography and synchrotron scanning bodes well for future studies in osteohistology and despite some compromises in terms of tissue identity, circumvents the crucial issue of destructive analyses.
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