Gross internal structure and microstructure of plesiosaur limb bones from the Late Jurassic of Svalbard

• Main Author: Liebe, Lene
• Other Authors: Hurum, Jørn Harald
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: VDP::450; Adventdalen; Agardhfjellet; Janusfjellet; Slottsmøya; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12552; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-27887

In this study plesiosaur limb bones of four specimens from the Late Jurassic of Svalbard have been studied to map gross internal structure and microstructure and compare this to extant marine reptiles and mammals. Two specimens, one juvenile (species A) and one subadult (species B) are from the Adve...