Functional significance of bone ballastin in the evolution of buoyancy control strategies by aquatic tetrapods

By M. A. Taylor. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology

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In Ecology

1. M. Sánchez‐Villagra
2. T. Scheyer

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. M. Sánchez‐Villagra
2. T. Scheyer

In Paleontology

1. M. Sánchez‐Villagra
2. T. Scheyer
3. R. Beck

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• Carapace bone histology in the giant pleurodiran turtle Stupendemys geographicus: Phylogeny and function (2007, background): “The osteoporoitic trend in the shell of A. ischyros is hypothesized to lead to a weight−reduced shell skeleton with lower mass and density (compare to Taylor 2000), a characteristic further enhanced by the enormous morphological reduction of the shell elements and the pres− ence of large…”