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Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils
O'Connor, Jingmai1,2; Erickson, Gregory M.3; Norell, Mark4; Bailleul, Alida M.1,2; Hu, Han5; Zhou, Zhonghe1,2
2018-12-05
发表期刊NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN2041-1723
卷号9期号:5169页码:8
摘要Medullary bone is an ephemeral type of bone tissue, today found only in sexually mature female birds, that provides a calcium reservoir for eggshell formation. The presence of medullary bone-like tissues in extant birds, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs distantly related to birds shows that caution must be exercised before concluding that fossils bear medullary bone. Here we describe a new specimen of pengornithid enantiornithine from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation. Consisting of an isolated left hindlimb, the three-dimensional preservation contrasts with the crushed preservation characteristic of most Jehol specimens. Histological examinations suggest this resulted from the presence of a thick layer of highly vascular bone spanning the medullary cavities of the femur and tibiotarsus, consistent with expectations for medullary bone in extant birds. Micro-computed tomographic scans reveal small amounts of the same tissue extending into the pedal phalanges. We consider the tissue to be homologous to the medullary bone of Neornithines.
DOI10.1038/s41467-018-07621-z
关键词[WOS]SEXUAL-MATURITY ; HISTOLOGY ; EVOLUTION ; CALCIFICATION ; DINOSAURS ; REVEALS ; TISSUES
收录类别SCI
语种英语
资助项目National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; NSF[EAR 0207744]
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号WOS:000452196200002
出版者NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
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条目标识符http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/9172
专题中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者O'Connor, Jingmai
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 10010, Peoples R China
3.Florida State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, B-157, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
4.Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Paleontol, New York, NY 10024 USA
5.Univ New England, Zool, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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O'Connor, Jingmai,Erickson, Gregory M.,Norell, Mark,et al. Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2018,9(5169):8.
APA O'Connor, Jingmai,Erickson, Gregory M.,Norell, Mark,Bailleul, Alida M.,Hu, Han,&Zhou, Zhonghe.(2018).Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,9(5169),8.
MLA O'Connor, Jingmai,et al."Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 9.5169(2018):8.
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