Skip to main content
. 2019 Jan 2;1(1):oby007. doi: 10.1093/iob/oby007

Table 2.

Microanatomic and histologic summary; for further discussion see text and listed figures

Specimen Ontogenetic Age Taxon Microanatomy Cortical Histology Trabecular Histology Figure
LACM 129639a Mother P. latipinnus Spongious medulla with wide voids; remodeled endosteal boundary; Pachyostotic cortex, longitudinal vascular canals. EFS present. Secondary osteons (Haversian); some woven bone on periphery Large erosion rooms; secondary lamellar 6
Left femur
LACM 129639b Fetus P. latipinnus Spongious medulla; clear endosteal boundary; periosteal cortex longitudinal to plexiform vascularity. Primary woven fibered bone Primary lamellar 7
Left scapula
UNSM 50133 Adult D. bonneri Spongious medulla with wide voids; remodeled endosteal boundary; pachyostotic cortex, longitudinal vascular canals. No EFS. Secondary osteons (Haversian) Large erosion rooms; secondary lamellar 8,11
Right humerus
UNSM 55810 Neonate D. bonneri Spongious medulla; clear endosteal boundary; periosteal cortex thick with longitudinal to radial vascularity; clear birth line. Primary woven to fibrolamellar bone Primary lamellar 9,12
Right humerus
FMNH PR 1619 Fetus Polycotylidae Spongious medulla; clear endosteal boundary; periosteal cortex longitudinal to radial vascularity. Primary woven fibered bone Calcified cartilage; primary lamellar 10,13
Right humerus