Osteohistology and growth dynamics of the Brazilian noasaurid Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al., 2019 (Theropoda: Abelisauroidea)

@article{deSouza2020OsteohistologyAG,
  title={Osteohistology and growth dynamics of the Brazilian noasaurid Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al., 2019 (Theropoda: Abelisauroidea)},
  author={Geovane Alves de Souza and Marina Bento Soares and Arthur Souza Brum and Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto and Juliana Manso Say{\~a}o and Luiz Carlos Weinsch{\"u}tz and Alexander W. A. Kellner},
  journal={PeerJ},
  year={2020},
  volume={8}
}
Although the knowledge of bone histology of non-avian theropods has advanced considerably in recent decades, data about the bone tissue patterns, growth dynamics and ontogeny of some taxa such as abelisauroids are still limited. Here we describe the bone microstructure and growth dynamics of the Brazilian noasaurine Vespersaurus paranaensis using five femora and six tibiae and quantify the annual growth marks through retrocalculation of missing ones to estimate ontogenetic ages. The femoral… 
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