Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology (Hardcover, 1)

Preface The editors Section I: introduction Chapter 1. PALEOHISTOLOGY: A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Armand J. de Ricqles Section II: morphology and histology of the skeleton Chapter 2. AN OVERVIEW OF THE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BONY SKELETON Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac Chapter 3. THE VERTEBRATE SKELETON: A BRIEF ANATOMICAL INTRODUCTION Michel Laurin, Alexandra Quilhac and Vivian de Buffrenil + Methodological focus: The new scalpel: basic aspects of CT-scan imaging Damien Germain and Sandrine Ladeveze Chapter 4. MICROANATOMICAL FEATURES OF BONES AND THEIR BASIC MEASUREMENT Vivian de Buffrenil, Eli Amson, Alexandra Quilhac, Dennis Voeten and Michel Laurin + Methodological focus: Basic aspects of 3D histomorphometry Eli Amson and Damien Germain Chapter 5. BONE CELLS AND ORGANIC MATRIX Louise Zylberberg Chapter 6. CURRENT CONCEPTS OF THE MINERALIZATION OF TYPE I COLLAGEN IN VERTEBRATE TISSUES William J. Landis, Tengteng Tang, and Robin DiFeo Childs Chapter 7. An overview of cartilage histology Alexandra Quilhac + Methodological focus Virtual (Paleo-) Histology through Synchrotron Imaging Sophie Sanchez, Dennis F. A. E. Voeten, Damien Germain and Vincent Fernandez Chapter 8. BONE TISSUE TYPES: A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CURRENTLY USED CATEGORIES Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac + Methodological focus: Fib-Semdual-Beam Microscopy for three-dimensional ultrastructural imaging of skeletal tissues Natalie Reznikov and Katya Rechav Section III: Dynamic processes in osseous formations Chapter 9. BASIC PROCESSES IN BONE GROWTH Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac Chapter 10. ACCRETION RATE AND HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BONE Vivian de Buffrenil, Alexandra Quilhac and Jorge Cubo Chapter 11. BONE REMODELING Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac Chapter 12. REMARKS ON METAPLASTIC PROCESSES IN the skeleton Vivian de Buffrenil and Louise Zylberberg Section IV: Teeth Chapter 13. Histology of dental hard tissues Alan Boyde and Timothy G. Bromage Section V: phylogenetic dIversity OF skeletal tissueS Chapter 14. Introduction Michel Laurin Chapter 15. CALCIFIED tISSUES IN EARLY VERTEBRATES Jorge Mondejar-Fernandez and Philippe Janvier Chapter 16. Basal tetrapodomorphs Sophie Sanchez, Francois Clarac, Michel Laurin and Armand de Ricqles Chapter 17. Lissamphibians Vivian de Buffrenil and Michel Laurin Chapter 18. EARLY AMNIOTES AND THEIR CLOSE RELATIVES Aurore Canoville, Michel Laurin and Armand de Ricqles Chapter 19. Testudines Torsten M. Scheyer and Ignacio A. Cerda Chapter 20. Lepidosauria Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Houssaye Chapter 21. Sauropterygia: Placodontia Torsten M. Scheyer and Nicole Klein Chapter 22. Sauropterygia: NOTHOSAURIA AND PACHYPLEUROSAURIA Torsten M. Scheyer, Alexandra Houssaye and Nicole Klein Chapter 23. Sauropterygia: PLESIOSAURIA P. Martin Sander, Tanja Wintrich Chapter 24. ICHTHYOSAURIA P. Martin Sander Chapter 25. FROM EARLY DIAPSIDS TO ARCHOSAURES Armand de Ricqles, Vivian de Buffrenil and Michel Laurin Chapter 26. CROCODYLOMORPHA Vivian de Buffrenil, Michel Laurin and Stephane Jouve Chapter 27. AVEMETATARSALIA: DINOSAURS AND THEIR RELATIVES Kevin Padian and Holly N. Woodward Chapter 28. NON-MAMMALIAN SYNAPSIDS Jennifer Botha and Adam K. Huttenlocker Chapter 29. MAMMALS Vivian de Buffrenil, Christian de Muizon, Maitena Dumont, Michel Laurin and Olivier Lambert Section VI: INTEGRATIVE questions Chapter 30. PHYLOGENETIC SIGNALs in bone histology Jorge Cubo, Lucas J. Legendre and Michel Laurin Chapter 31. Cyclical growth and skeletochronology Vivian de Buffrenil, Alexandra Quilhac and Jacques Castanet Chapter 32. AGING AND SENESCENCE PROCESSES IN THE SKELETON Catherine Bergot and Vivian de Buffrenil Chapter 33. Basic principles and methodology in bone biomechanics Russell P. Main Chapter 34. Interpreting mechanical function in extant and fossil long bones Russell P. Main, Erin L.R. Simons and Andrew H. Lee Chapter 35. BONE MICROANATOMYAND LIFESTYLE IN TETRAPODS Aurore Canoville, Vivian de Buffrenil and Michel Laurin Chapter 36. Bone histology and the adaptation to aquatic life in tetrapods Alexandra Houssaye and Vivian de Buffrenil Chapter 37. Bone histology and thermal physiology Jorge Cubo, Adam Huttenlocker, Lucas J. Legendre, Chloe Olivier and Armand de Ricqles Chapter 38. Bone ornamentation: deciphering the functional meaning of an enigmatic feature Francois Clarac Chapter 39. The Histology of Skeletal Tissues as a tool in Paleoanthropological and archaeological investigations Ariane Burke and Michelle S. M. Drapeau Chapter 40. A METHODOLOGICAL RENAISSANCE TO ADVANCE ON PERENNIAL ISSUES Alexandra Houssaye, Aurore Canoville and Donald Davesne