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Perinatal specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (MPC-D100/764).

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posted on 2015-10-14, 02:54 authored by Leonard Dewaele, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Rinchen Barsbold, Géraldine Garcia, Koen Stein, François Escuillié, Pascal Godefroit

Calcified cartilage (close-up of Fig 10). Calcified cartilage preserved as small transparent and translucent globules with sizes in the order of a few tens of micrometers. Orange-brown matter is hematite dispersed within the cones of calcified cartilage, but especially concentrated at the contact surface between the calcified cartilage and the bone tissue. Inset: location of the close-up within the bone.

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