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3D quantitative comparative analysis of long bone diaphysis variations in microanatomy and cross-sectional geometry.

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan.

scientific article

A baby mosasauroid (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Turonian of Morocco – Tethysaurus ‘junior’ discovered?

article by Alexandra Houssaye & Nathalie Bardet published November 2013 in Cretaceous Research

A first glimpse at the influence of body mass in the morphological integration of the limb long bones: an investigation in modern rhinoceroses

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

A new look at ichthyosaur long bone microanatomy and histology: implications for their adaptation to an aquatic life

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

A new varanoid squamate from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) of Burgos, Spain

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A review of Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, a pachyostotic marine squamate from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco and Syria

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Adaptation of the vertebral inner structure to an aquatic life in snakes: Pachyophiid peculiarities in comparison to extant and extinct forms

scientific article published in October 2019

Adaptive Patterns in Aquatic Amniote Bone Microanatomy-More Complex than Previously Thought

scientific article published on 29 October 2016

Amniote vertebral microanatomy - what are the major trends?

An analysis of vertebral ‘pachyostosis’ inCarentonosaurus mineaui(Mosasauroidea, Squamata) from the Cenomanian (early Late Cretaceous) of France, with comments on its phylogenetic and functional significance

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Biomechanical evolution of solid bones in large animals: a microanatomical investigation

scholarly article by Alexandra Houssaye et al published 8 September 2015 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria) ⬇️

scientific article published on April 2, 2013

Bone histology of aquatic reptiles: what does it tell us about secondary adaptation to an aquatic life?

Bone vascular supply in monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae): influence of size, growth, and phylogeny

scientific article published in May 2008

Comparative morphology of snake (Squamata) endocasts: evidence of phylogenetic and ecological signals

scientific article

Dental ontogeny in pliocene and early pleistocene hominins

scientific article

Disentangling biological variability and taphonomy: shape analysis of the limb long bones of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Plateosaurus

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Disentangling isolated dental remains of Asian Pleistocene hominins and pongines

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Diverse Aquatic Adaptations in Nothosaurus spp. (Sauropterygia)-Inferences from Humeral Histology and Microanatomy

scientific article

Effect of mass and habitat on the shape of limb long bones: A morpho-functional investigation on Bovidae (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla)

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Endocranial anatomy of plesiosaurians (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Goulmima (Southern Morocco)

Femoral specializations to locomotor habits in early archosauriforms

scientific article published on 28 November 2021

First palaeohistological inference of resting metabolic rate in an extinct synapsid, Moghreberia nmachouensis (Therapsida: Anomodontia)

From land to water: evolutionary changes in long bone microanatomy of otters (Mammalia: Mustelidae)

scientific article published in 2018

Functional (Secondary) Adaptation to an Aquatic Life in Vertebrates: An Introduction to the Symposium

scientific article published in December 2016

Interspecific variation in the limb long bones among modern rhinoceroses-extent and drivers

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Jack-of-all-trades master of all? Snake vertebrae have a generalist inner organization

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Long bone histology and microanatomy of Placodontia (Diapsida: Sauropterygia)

scholarly article in Contributions to Zoology, vol. 84 no. 1, February 2015

Microanatomical and histological features in the long bones of Mosasaurine mosasaurs (Reptilia, Squamata)--implications for aquatic adaptation and growth rates

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Microstructure of vertebrae, ribs, and gastralia of Triassic sauropterygians – New insights into the microanatomical processes involved in aquatic adaptations of marine reptiles

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Morphological Analysis of Long Bones in Semi-aquatic Mustelids and their Terrestrial Relatives.

scientific article published on 29 October 2016

Mosasaurids (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco: Biodiversity, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology based on tooth morphoguilds

scientific article published in 2015

New highlights about the enigmatic marine snake Palaeophis maghrebianus (Palaeophiidae; Palaeophiinae) from the Ypresian (Lower Eocene) phosphates of Morocco

scientific article published in 2013

New hominoid fossils from Moroto II, Uganda and their bearing on the taxonomic and adaptive status of Morotopithecus bishopi

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

New plesiosaur specimens from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and their implications for the ecology of the latest Cretaceous marine apex predators

scientific article published in 2013

New plesiosaurian specimens (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of Goulmima (Southern Morocco)

scholarly article by Rémi Allemand et al published February 2018 in Cretaceous Research

Palaeoecological and morphofunctional interpretation of bone mass increase: an example in Late Cretaceous shallow marine squamates ⬇️

scientific article published on September 3, 2012

Paleoecological Inferences from Long Bone Microanatomical Specializations in Hippopotamoidea (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)

scientific article

Reworked marine pythonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) remains in Late Pleistocene cave deposits in central Spain

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Rib and vertebral micro-anatomical characteristics of hydropelvic mosasauroids

scientific article published in 2011

Shape variation in the limb long bones of modern elephants reveals adaptations to body mass and habitat

scientific article published in 2023

Squamate finding in “Lo Hueco” (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, Cuenca Province, Spain): the second non-marine pythonomorph lizard

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Structural, functional, and physiological signals in ichthyosaur vertebral centrum microanatomy and histology

scientific article published in 2018

Swimmers, Diggers, Climbers and More, a Study of Integration Across the Mustelids’ Locomotor Apparatus (Carnivora: Mustelidae)

Swimming and running: a study of the convergence in long bone morphology among semi-aquatic mustelids (Carnivora: Mustelidae)

Tools for quantitative form description; an evaluation of different software packages for semi-landmark analysis

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Transition of Eocene whales from land to sea: evidence from bone microstructure

scientific article

Vertebral microanatomy in squamates: structure, growth and ecological correlates

scientific article (publication date: December 2010)

Virtual reexamination of a plesiosaurian specimen (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Goulmima, Morocco, using computed tomography

scientific article published in 2017

What about limb long bone nutrient canal(s)? - a 3D investigation in mammals

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

“Pachyostosis” in aquatic amniotes: a review ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2009

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