Conserved in-ovo cranial ossification sequences of extant saurians allow estimation of embryonic dinosaur developmental stages

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  • who: Kimberley E. J. Chapelle from the Evolutionary Studies InstituteUniversity of have published the Article: Conserved in-ovo cranial ossification sequences of extant saurians allow estimation of embryonic dinosaur developmental stages, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
  • what: The authors reconstruct the ossified portions of their embryonic skulls, and the authors compare them to ossified cranial bones in a growth series of four living saurian taxa (Gallus gallus, Crocodylus niloticus, Centrochelys sulcata and Pogona vitticeps) using synchrotron radiation X-ray micro-computed tomography (SRu00b5CT) imaging methods48 and published literature23. The authors develop a numerical . . .

     

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