Osteoderm microstructure of Riostegotherium yanei, the oldest Xenarthra

Abstract: Riostegotherium yanei from the Itaboraí Basin, Brazil, is the oldest known Xenarthra. This paper aims to describe the internal morphology of the osteoderms of Riostegotherium yanei from the perspective of histology and micro-CT approaches, expanding the available data on cingulate osteoder...

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Main Authors: LÍLIAN P. BERGQVIST, PAULO VICTOR LUIZ G.C. PEREIRA, ALESSANDRA S. MACHADO, MARIELA C. DE CASTRO, LUIZA B. MELKI, RICARDO T. LOPES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652019000400518&lng=en&tlng=en