Dicynodont (Therapsida) bone histology: phylogenetic and physiological implications

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dc.contributor.authorChinsamy, Anusuya
dc.contributor.authorRubidge, Bruce S
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-08T07:41:50Z
dc.date.available2015-01-08T07:41:50Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.description.abstractThe bone histology of humeri of a number of taxonomically well established and easily definable dicynodont genera is described and compared. The bone of Aulacephalodon, Cistecephalus, Dicynodon, Endothiodon, Lystrosaurus, Kannemeyeria and Oudenodon consists of alternating fibro-lamellar and lamellated bone tissue, while that of Diictodon consists only of fibro-lamellar tissue. The presence of fibro-lamellar bone in all the genera studied, indicates that the bone was deposited rapidly, but the occurrence of lamellated bone tissue suggests that all the genera except Diictodon, also had intermittent periods of slow growth. This is the first time that a comparative study of bone histology of different dicynodont genera has been attempted by using one particular bone element to standardise intergeneric comparisons.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16232
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.subjecttherapsidaen_ZA
dc.subjectdicynodontiaen_ZA
dc.subjectbone histologyen_ZA
dc.titleDicynodont (Therapsida) bone histology: phylogenetic and physiological implicationsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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