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New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology
Geological Society, London, Special Publications
New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology
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Author(s)
D.W. E. Hone;
D.W. E. Hone
Queen Mary University of London, UK
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D. M. Martill
D. M. Martill
University of Portsmouth, UK
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The Geological Society of London
Volume
455
Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London
Gold Open Access: This article is published under the terms of the CC-BY 3.0 license.
ISBN electronic:
9781786203366
ISBN print:
9781786203175
Publication date:
January 01, 2018
Book Chapter
Waves of bone deposition on the rostrum of the pterosaur Pteranodon
Author(s)
S. Christopher Bennett
Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601, USA
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S. Christopher Bennett
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Paul Penkalski
The Geology Museum, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, USA
Paul Penkalski
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Published:January 01, 2018
Abstract:
Four specimens of the pterosaur Pteranodon exhibit patterns of irregular alternating light and dark bands on the lateral surfaces of the upper jaw anterior to the nasoantorbital fenestra. Examinations reveal that the maxilla and premaxilla of Pteranodon consisted of two thin sheets of bone interconnected by regularly spaced septa with the spaces contained within presumably pneumatized, resulting in a structure analogous to modern honeycomb sandwich panels. The alternating light and dark bands resulted from waves of bone deposition moving anteriorly along the external surface of the lateral sheet of bone and laying down thin laminae of new bone while...
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