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Foreword Contributors SECTION I: INTRODUCTION 1. Paleohistology: An Historical - Bibliographical Introduction Armand J. de Ricqles SECTION II: MORPHOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY OF THE SKELETON 2. An Overview of the Embryonic Development of the Bony Skeleton Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac 3. The Vertebrate Skeleton: A Brief Introduction Michel Laurin, Alexandra Quilhac and Vivian de Buffrenil Methodological Focus A: The New Scalpel: Basic Aspects of CT-Scan Imaging Damien Germain and Sandrine Ladeveze 4. Microanatomical Features of Bones and Their Basic Measurement Vivian de Buffrenil, Eli Amson, Alexandra Quilhac, Dennis Voeten and Michel Laurin Methodological Focus B: Basic Aspects of 3D Histomorphometry Eli Amson and Damien Germain 5. Bone Cells and Organic Matrix Louise Zylberberg 6. Current Concepts of the Mineralization of Type I Collagen in Vertebrate Tissues William J. Landis, Ph.D., Tengteng Tang, Ph.D. and Robin DiFeo Childs, M.S. 7. An Overview of Cartilage Histology Alexandra Quilhac Methodological Focus C: Virtual (Paleo-)Histology Through Synchrotron Imaging Sophie Sanchez, Dennis F. A. E. Voeten, Damien Germain and Vincent Fernandez 8. Bone Tissue Types: A Brief Account of Currently Used Categories Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac Methodological Focus D: FIB-SEM Dual-Beam Microscopy for Three-Dimensional Ultrastructural Imaging of Skeletal Tissues Natalie Reznikov and Katya Rechav SECTION III: DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN OSSEOUS FORMATIONS 9. Basic Processes in Bone Growth Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac 10. Accretion Rate and Histological Features of Bone Vivian de Buffrenil, Alexandra Quilhac and Jorge Cubo 11. Bone Remodeling Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Quilhac 12. Remarks on Metaplastic Processes in the Skeleton Vivian de Buffrenil and Louise Zylberberg SECTION IV: TEETH 13. Histology of Dental Hard Tissues Alan Boyde and Timothy G. Bromage SECTION V: PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF SKELETAL TISSUES 14. Introduction Michel Laurin 15. Finned Vertebrates Jorge Mondejar-Fernandez and Philippe Janvier 16. Early Tetrapodomorphs Sophie Sanchez, Francois Clarac, Michel Laurin and Armand de Ricqles 17. Lissamphibia Vivian de Buffrenil and Michel Laurin 18. Early Amniotes and Their Close Relatives Aurore Canoville, Michel Laurin and Armand de Ricqles 19. Testudines Torsten M. Scheyer and Ignacio A. Cerda 20. Lepidosauria Vivian de Buffrenil and Alexandra Houssaye 21. Sauropterygia: Placodontia Torsten M. Scheyer and Nicole Klein 22. Sauropterygia: Nothosauria and Pachypleurosauria Torsten M. Scheyer, Alexandra Houssaye and Nicole Klein 23. Sauropterygia: Histology of Plesiosauria P. Martin Sander and Tanja Wintrich 24. Ichthyosauria P. Martin Sander 25. Archosauromorpha: From Early Diapsids to Archosaurs Armand de Ricqles, Vivian de Buffrenil and Michel Laurin 26. Archosauromorpha: The Crocodylomorpha Vivian de Buffrenil, Michel Laurin and Stephane Jouve 27. Diapsids: Avemetatarsalia - Dinosaurs and Their Relatives Kevin Padian and Holly N. Woodward 28. Nonmammalian Synapsids Jennifer Botha and Adam K. Huttenlocker 29. Diversity of Bone Microstructure in Mammals Vivian de Buffrenil, Christian de Muizon, Maitena Dumont, Michel Laurin and Olivier Lambert SECTION VI: INTEGRATIVE QUESTIONS 30. Phylogenetic Signal in Bone Histology Jorge Cubo, Lucas J. Legendre and Michel Laurin 31. Cyclical Growth and Skeletochronology Vivian de Buffrenil, Alexandra Quilhac and Jacques Castanet 32. Aging and Senescence Processes in the Skeleton Catherine Bergot and Vivian de Buffrenil 33. Basic Principles and Methodologies in Measuring Bone Biomechanics Russell P. Main 34. Interpreting Mechanical Function in Extant and Fossil Long Bones Russell P. Main, Erin L.R. Simons and Andrew H. Lee 35. Bone Microanatomy and Lifestyle in Tetrapods Aurore Canoville, Vivian de Buffrenil and Michel Laurin 36. Bone Histology and the Adaptation to Aquatic Life in Tetrapods Alexandra Houssaye and Vivian de Buffrenil 37. Bone Histology and Thermal Physiology Jorge Cubo, Adam Huttenlocker, Lucas J. Legendre, Chloe Olivier and Armand de Ricqles 38. Bone Ornamentation: Deciphering the Functional Meaning of an Enigmatic Feature Francois Clarac 39. The Histology of Skeletal Tissues as a Tool in Paleoanthropological and Archaeological Investigations Ariane Burke and Michelle S. M. Drapeau 40. A Methodological Renaissance to Advance Perennial Issues in Vertebrate Paleohistology Alexandra Houssaye Donald Davesne and Aurore Canoville Index

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