"Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review.
- A. Houssaye
- Environmental ScienceIntegrative Zoology
- 1 December 2009
The functional consequences of "pachyostosis," and notably its importance for buoyancy control in the context of hydrostatic regulation of the body trim, are discussed and opposed to the requirement of improved swimming abilities in the case of a hydrodynamic mode of trim regulation.
Bone histology of aquatic reptiles: what does it tell us about secondary adaptation to an aquatic life?
- A. Houssaye
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 2013
It is shown that much remains to be done to better understand the relationship between histological features, growth rate and metabolism in extant taxa in order to make inferences in the fossil groups.
A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan
- T. Wintrich, S. Hayashi, A. Houssaye, Yasuhisa Nakajima, P. Sander
- Geography, Environmental ScienceScience Advances
- 1 December 2017
The new specimen corroborates the hypothesis that open ocean life of plesiosaurians facilitated their survival of the end-Triassic extinctions and suggests the concurrent evolution of fast growth and an elevated metabolic rate as an adaptation to cruising and efficient foraging in the open sea.
Biomechanical evolution of solid bones in large animals: a microanatomical investigation
- A. Houssaye, Katja Waskow, S. Hayashi, R. Cornette, Andrew H Lee, J. Hutchinson
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 1 February 2016
The present study investigates the changes in bones' microanatomical organization associated with graviportality and how comparable they are with aquatically acquired osteosclerosis aiming to better understand the adaptation of bone to the different associated functional requirements.
Dental Ontogeny in Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Hominins
- Tanya M. Smith, P. Tafforeau, C. Menter
- Geography, Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 18 February 2015
Until recently, our understanding of the evolution of human growth and development derived from studies of fossil juveniles that employed extant populations for both age determination and comparison.…
The Cenomanian-Turonian (late Cretaceous) radiation of marine squamates (Reptilia): the role of the Mediterranean Tethys
- N. Bardet, A. Houssaye, J. Rage, X. P. Suberbiola
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 1 November 2008
During the Cenomanian-Turonian interval, marine squamates display a spectacular radiation in particular on the margins of the Mediterranean Tethys and, to a lesser extent, in the Interior Seaway of…
Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates
- N. Bardet, J. Falconnet, P. Vincent
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 1 November 2014
Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods: Advancing Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation
- A. Houssaye
- Geography
- 29 July 2014
This book followed a National Evolutionary Synthesis Center workshop that took place at the end of 2009, and its intent is to introduce paleohistology and its recent advances to beginners and colleagues in related fields.
Adaptive Patterns in Aquatic Amniote Bone Microanatomy-More Complex than Previously Thought.
- A. Houssaye, P. Martin Sander, Nicole Klein
- Environmental Science, BiologyIntegrative and Comparative Biology
- 1 December 2016
The analysis of the various microanatomical patterns observed in long bones, vertebrae, and ribs of a large sample of (semi-)aquatic extant and extinct amniotes reveals the wide diversity in microan atomical patterns and the variation in combination of these different patterns within a single skeleton.
Transition of Eocene Whales from Land to Sea: Evidence from Bone Microstructure
- A. Houssaye, P. Tafforeau, C. de Muizon, P. Gingerich
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 25 February 2015
This study highlights the strong need for homologous sections in comparative microanatomical studies, and the importance of combining information from several bones of the same taxon for improved functional interpretation.
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