First evidence of globuli ossei in bird (Aves, Spheniciformes): Implications on paleohistology and bird behaviour

• Published in: Historical Biology
• Main Authors: García Marsa, Jordi Alexis, Tambussi, Claudia Patricia, Cerda, Ignacio Alejandro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: DELPHINORNIS ARCTOWSKII; ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GLOBULI OSSEI; PAEDOMORPHIC PATTERNS; PENGUINS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Cerda; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/183848

Globuli ossei are subspherical structures of endochondral origin that are inserted in the hypertrophic cartilage of long bones, and are related to paedomorphic phenomena. These structures are here described for the first time in Aves, concretely in a postcranial bone of an extinct Spheniciformes fro...