Variation in osteocytes morphology vs bone type in turtle shell and their exceptional preservation from the Jurassic to the present
Abstract
Here we describe variations in osteocytes derived from each of the three bone layers that comprise the turtle shell. We examine osteocytes in bone from four extant turtle species to form a morphological 'baseline', and then compare these with morphologies of osteocytes preserved in Cenozoic and Mesozoic fossils. Two different morphotypes of osteocytes are recognized: flattened-oblate osteocytes (FO osteocytes), which are particularly abundant in...
Paper Details
Title
Variation in osteocytes morphology vs bone type in turtle shell and their exceptional preservation from the Jurassic to the present
Published Date
Sep 1, 2012
Journal
Volume
51
Issue
3
Pages
614 - 620
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