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Mammalian Osteoderm Ultrastructure in the Armored Acomys Spiny Mouse Tail

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The ultrastructure of armored platelets – termed osteoderms – in the tail skin of Acomys cahirinus spiny mice is characterized using 2D and 3D microscopy methods. The imbricated structure is composed of calcium phosphate biomineral and has select structural elements that are bone‐like and tooth‐like in nature.
Joseph Deering, Malcolm Maden, Marc D. McKee   +2 more
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Ultrasonographic technique and appearance of the coelomic organs in crocodilians

Frontiers in Marine Science
IntroductionCrocodilians have significant ecological, conservational, and economic roles. They are also commonly raised for commercial purposes and kept as zoological specimens.
Wei Yeng Yeong, Wei Yeng Yeong, Paolo Martelli, Tabris Yik To Chung, Henry Chun Lok Tsui, Tommaso Gerussi, Brian Chin Wing Kot, Brian Chin Wing Kot   +7 more
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Size, not phylogeny, explains the morphology of the endosseous labyrinth in the crown clade Crocodylia

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 246, Issue 4, Page 558-574, April 2025.
Here, we present the most complete dataset to date on the endosseous labyrinths of extant crocodylians. Using 3D geometric morphometrics, we show that allometry constitutes a major contributor of the shape variation of the crocodylian endosseous labyrinths and that the development of this structure is likely linked to the braincase conformation, in all
Yohan Pochat‐Cottilloux, Gwendal Perrichon, Lionel Hautier, Nicolas Rinder, Romain Amiot, Irena Raselli, Jérôme Adrien, Joël Lachambre, Vincent Fernandez, Jeremy E. Martin   +9 more
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Crocodilian Forebrain: Evolution and Development [PDF]

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2015
Organization and development of the forebrain in crocodilians are reviewed. In juvenile Caiman crocodilus, the following features were examined: identification and classification of dorsal thalamic nuclei and their respective connections with the telencephalon, presence of local circuit neurons in the dorsal thalamic nuclei, telencephalic projections ...
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Anatomy of spinal CSF loss in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 246, Issue 4, Page 575-584, April 2025.
India ink introduced into the cranial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) compartment of Alligator diffuses along the spinal cord and exits the spinal compartment using perineural flow, resulting in a prominent “ink cuff” forming at the base of the spinal nerve. In Alligator, the region of the ink cuff is drained by a small lymphatic vessel.
Hadyn DeLeeuw, Michael Cramberg, Matthew Dille, Emily Pick, Mary Thompson, Bruce A. Young   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shifts in type 2 vomeronasal receptor expression during postnatal development in the lungfish olfactory organ

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Lungfish possess a lamellar OE and a primitive VNO called as a recess epithelium (RecE). Among the lungfish V2Rs expressed in both the lamellar OE and the RecE in small individuals, some became restricted to the RecE in large individuals. These results suggest functional separation between the lamellar OE and the RecE is still incomplete in juveniles ...
Shoko Nakamuta, Zicong Zhang, Masato Nikaido, Takuya Yokoyama, Yoshio Yamamoto, Nobuaki Nakamuta   +5 more
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Crocodilians of the Crato Formation: evidence for enigmatic species

, 2007
Crocodilians are extremely rare in the Crato Formation, and most of the material that has been collected is fragmentary or badly preserved. Only two species are represented, both of which are enigmatic concerning both their preservation and anatomy. Only
Frey, E., Salisbury, S. W.
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A description of dental microanatomy and implantation geometry in Chamaeleonidae

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
A reassessment of the dental histology in adult chamaeleons reveals the presence of periodontal ligament. Alongside alveolar bone and cementum, these tissues together constitute a compacted and remodelled tripartite periodontium. Our findings include the novel observation of plicidentine‐like protuberances of dentine within underlying bone.
Giles D. Sukkert, Ilaria Paparella, Michael R. Doschak, Aaron R. H. LeBlanc, Michael W. Caldwell   +4 more
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Live birth in an archosauromorph reptile

Nature Communications, 2017
Although live birth evolved repeatedly in other clades, it has not been found in archosauromorphs, the group including modern birds and crocodilians. Here, the authors describe a fossilized pregnantDinocephalosaurusfrom ∼245 million years ago, providing ...
Jun Liu, Chris L. Organ, Michael J. Benton, Matthew C. Brandley, Jonathan C. Aitchison   +4 more
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Inside a duck‐billed dinosaur: Vertebral bone microstructure of Huallasaurus (Hadrosauridae), Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia

The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 7, Page 1702-1712, July 2026.
Abstract Dinosaurs evolved a unique respiratory system with air sacs that contributed to their evolutionary success. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity (PSP) has been used to infer the presence of air sac systems in some fossil archosaurs. While unambiguous evidence of PSP is well documented in pterosaurs and post‐Carnian saurischians, it remains absent
Tito Aureliano, Aline M. Ghilardi, Jonatan Kaluza, Agustín G. Martinelli   +3 more
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