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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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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 |