Palaeontology
December 2, 2011 ·
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'Skin bones' helped dinosaurs survive
By T.K. RandallDecember 2, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: Gerhard Boeggemann
Some dinosaurs may have stored vital minerals in bones encased within their skin, it has been revealed.
Known as osteoderms, these "skin bones" would have helped to maintain the huge skeletons of large sauropod dinosaurs as well as to produce larger egg clusters. "Our findings suggest that osteoderms provided an internal source of calcium and phosphorus when environmental and physiological conditions were stressful," said biomedical scientist Matthew Vickaryous.Bones contained entirely within the skin of some of the largest dinosaurs on Earth might have stored vital minerals to help the massive creatures survive and bear their young in tough times, according to new research by a team including a University of Guelph scientist.
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