Bone inner structure suggests increasing aquatic adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria).
<h4>Background</h4>The paleoecology of desmostylians has been discussed controversially with a general consensus that desmostylians were aquatic or semi-aquatic to some extent. Bone microanatomy can be used as a powerful tool to infer habitat preference of extinct animals. However, bone...
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Autores principales: | Shoji Hayashi, Alexandra Houssaye, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Kentaro Chiba, Tatsuro Ando, Hiroshi Sawamura, Norihisa Inuzuka, Naotomo Kaneko, Tomohiro Osaki |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/ec1801e3ab8e4c16a1ef644b5bcb255e |
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