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Title: | Epidermal and Dermal Integumentary Structures of Ankylosaurian Dinosaurs | Contributor(s): | Arbour, Victoria M (author); Burns, Michael E (author); Bell, Phil (author) ; Currie, Philip J (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | DOI: | 10.1002/jmor.20194 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14645 | Abstract: | Ankylosaurian dinosaurs are most notable for their abundant and morphologically diverse osteoderms, which would have given them a spiky appearance in life. Isolated osteoderms are relatively common and provide important information about the structure of the ankylosaur dermis, but fossilized impressions of the soft-tissue epidermis of ankylosaurs are rare. Nevertheless, well-preserved integument exists on several ankylosaur fossils that shows osteoderms were covered by a single epidermal scale, but one or many millimeter-sized ossicles may be present under polygonal, basement epidermal scales. Evidence for the taxonomic utility of ankylosaurid epidermal scale architecture is presented for the first time. This study builds on previous osteological work that argues for a greater diversity of ankylosaurids in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta than has been traditionally recognized and adds to the hypothesis that epidermal skin impressions are taxonomically relevant across diverse dinosaur clades. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Morphology, 275(1), p. 39-50 | Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1097-4687 0362-2525 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 040308 Palaeontology (incl Palynology) 060301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomy |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 370506 Palaeontology (incl. palynology) 310401 Animal systematics and taxonomy |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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