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09 Bone Biology
09 Bone Biology
09 Bone Biology
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Larsson Lab
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Larsson Lab
Anatomy of a bone
head
lesser trochanter
4th trochanter
Sinraptor dongi
curves
shaft
distal condyles
Currie & Zhao 1993 3
long bone formation
unknown source 4
long bone formation | longitudinal growth
100 um
80 um
Body size (10 X difference) does not seem to influence osteon morphology
80 um
1 mm
12 weeks 60 weeks
Growth is
not
uniform
Medullary
bone is
remodelled
with
secondary
osteons
Lines of
Arrested
Growth
(LAGs)
are
cyclical
and
probably
annual
1 mm
1 mm
males
females
Suggests hadrosaurs
grew to adult size in
about 4 years!
Hypacrosaurus
Albertosaurus
greater tuberosity
deltoid tuberosity
lesser tuberosity
Thompson et al. 2012, Blitz et al. 2013 24
Bone development offers many
routes to anatomical change
Genetic – ‘programmed’
cartilage precursors, epiphyseal
plate extensions
Environmental – metaplastic
bone formation and remodelling
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Hadrosauridae body size
Could parental care influence body size and skeletal variation?
wikipedia 26
hadrosaur eggs | Maiasaura & Hypacrosaurus
With many known nesting sites, adult care appears to be ubuquitous, at least for hadrosaurs
Weekly developed long bone joints of hatchlings suggest a degree of altriciality 27
Dinosaur variation driven by altricial young?
wing length is proportionately longer in altricial birds
altricial precocial
Bone development offers many routes to anatomical change (genetic and environmental)
Elaborate hard and soft tissues known for some hadrosaurs, suggesting a complex life history
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