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Osteohistology of Scaloposaurus

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Permission for consumptive analysis of a fragment of a fossil therapsid—a putative adult specimen of the Early Triassic recovery taxon Scaloposaurus (Iziko South African Museum no. SAM-PK-K11515). With permission of the museum, the specimen will be sampled histologically to glean bone microstructural data supporting NRF-funded research in the palaeohistology laboratory of Dr. Jennifer Botha (National Museum, Bloemfontein) on vertebrate life history responses to mass extinctions.

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Bone histology provides pertinent information about an animal's life history, including ontogenetic age, growth rates and lifestyle. Palaeohistology is the analysis of fossil bone microstructure and as such can shed light on an extinct animal's growth patterns. Scaloposaurus SAM-PK-K11515 is the largest known specimen of this taxon and will thus provide a complete record of the animal's life history. To date, only juvenile osteohistology has been examined for this taxon. See attached detailed motivation.

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Monday, August 26, 2019 - 11:14

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14248

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Radius and Ulna of Scaloposaurus
 
 

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