Ontogenetic changes in long-bone histology of an ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan

An ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan is one of the basal members of Ornithomimidae. Here we present a description of ontogenetic changes in the long-bone histology of this taxon and distinguish four distinct histological stages. Analysis of a growth series of femora demonstrates early histological maturation during ontogeny in the Bissekty ornithomimid, expressed by the...