An Analysis of Vertebral ‘Pachyostosis’ In Carentonosaurus Mineaui (Mosasauroidea, Squamata) from the Cenomanian (Early Late Cretaceous) of France, with Comments on its Phylogenetic and Functional Significance
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Abstract The study of the so-called vertebral ‘pachyostosis’ of Carentonosaurus mineaui, a plesiopedal mosasauroid sensu Bell & Polcyn from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Charente-Maritime (Western France), has revealed that it actually corresponds to pachyosteosclerosis resulting from the combination of cortical hyperplasy with bone compaction due to an inhibition of chondroclastic and osteoclastic activities. This characteristic also occurs in other Cretaceous squamates such as…
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