Bone histology grants substantial insight into the growth and biology of fossil vertebrates. Many of the major non‐avian dinosaurian clades have been extensively sampled for bone histologic data allowing reconstruction of their growth as well as the assessment of the evolution of growth changes along phylogenies. However, horned ceratopsians are poorly represented in paleohistologic studies. Further, the ceratopsian taxa that have been examined are unevenly sampled phylogenetically with very basal forms and highly derived forms making up the majority of studied taxa. In order to rectify this, we have histologically sampled
The fossil record provides compelling examples of heterochrony at macroevolutionary scales such as the peramorphic giant antlers of the Irish elk. Heterochrony has also been invoked in the evolution of the distinctive cranial frill of ceratopsian dinosaurs such as
- Award ID(s):
- 1925884
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10456181
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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- Journal Name:
- Ecology and Evolution
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 13
- ISSN:
- 2045-7758
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 6288-6309
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- National Science Foundation
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