Systemic distribution of medullary bone in the avian skeleton: ground truthing criteria for the identification of reproductive tissues in extinct Avemetatarsalia

Bone histological correlates for air sacs and their implications for understanding the origin of the dinosaurian respiratory system

(2018) Markus Lambertz et al.   Biology Letters

Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils

(2018) Jingmai O’Connor et al.   Nature Communications

Estrogen levels influence medullary bone quantity and density in female house finches and pine siskins

(2017) Maria E. Squire et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Bone histology sheds new light on the ecology of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus, Aves, Columbiformes)

(2017) D. Angst et al.   Scientific Reports

Medullary bone in fossils: function, evolution and significance in growth curve reconstructions of extinct vertebrates

(2016) E. Prondvai   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Ontogenetic changes in long-bone histology of an ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan

(2016) Pavel P. Skutschas et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Chemistry supports the identification of gender-specific reproductive tissue in Tyrannosaurus rex

(2016) Mary Higby Schweitzer et al.   Scientific Reports

Vascularised endosteal bone tissue in armoured sauropod dinosaurs

(2016) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Scientific Reports

The Origin and Diversification of Birds

(2015) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds

(2015) Naomi E. Apostolaki et al.   PLoS One

Postcranial Pneumaticity and Bone Structure in Two Clades of Neognath Birds

(2014) Sarah C. Gutzwiller et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Osteological Histology of the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes): Correlates of Wing-Propelled Diving and Flightlessness

(2014) N. Adam Smith et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Unusual Endosteally Formed Bone Tissue in a Patagonian Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaur

(2014) Ignacio A. Cerda et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Rapid alterations of avian medullary bone material during the daily egg-laying cycle

(2014) Michael Kerschnitzki et al.   BONE

Medullary bone-like tissue in the mandibular symphyses of a pterosaur suggests non-reproductive significance

(2014) Edina Prondvai et al.   Scientific Reports

Gender identification of the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus

(2013) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Nature Communications

Extreme postcranial pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs from South America

(2012) Ignacio A. Cerda et al.   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

Bone Histology in Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) – Variation, Growth, and Implications

(2012) Tom R. Hübner   PLoS One

Air-filled postcranial bones in theropod dinosaurs: physiological implications and the ‘reptile’-bird transition

(2011) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

BODY MASS AND FORAGING ECOLOGY PREDICT EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF SKELETAL PNEUMATICITY IN THE DIVERSE “WATERBIRD” CLADE

(2011) Nathan D. Smith   EVOLUTION

ON THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF AIR IN THE BONES OF BIRDS

(2010) EDWARD CRISP   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

Palaeobiological Implications of the Bone Histology ofPterodaustro guinazui

(2009) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Pathologic Bone Tissues in a Turkey Vulture and a Nonavian Dinosaur: Implications for Interpreting Endosteal Bone and Radial Fibrolamellar Bone in Fossil Dinosaurs

(2009) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity and air-sacs in the earliest pterosaurs

(2009) R. J. Butler et al.   Biology Letters

Evolution of archosaurian body plans: skeletal adaptations of an air-sac-based breathing apparatus in birds and other archosaurs

(2009) Patrick Michael O'Connor   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Evidence for bird-like air sacs in saurischian dinosaurs

(2009) Mathew John Wedel   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism

(2009) Leon P. A. M. Claessens et al.   PLoS One

LEMMING BONES AS A SOURCE OF CALCIUM FOR ARCTIC SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS SPP.)

(2008) S. F. MacLean   IBIS

Sexual maturity in growing dinosaurs does not fit reptilian growth models

(2008) A. H. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA