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SUBMITTER: Cupello C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5569016 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cupello Camila C Meunier François J FJ Herbin Marc M Janvier Philippe P Clément Gaël G Brito Paulo M PM
Scientific reports 20170823 1
The presence of a pulmonary organ that is entirely covered by true bone tissue and fills most of the abdominal cavity is hitherto unique to fossil actinistians. Although small hard plates have been recently reported in the lung of the extant coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, the homology between these hard structures in fossil and extant forms remained to be demonstrated. Here, we resolve this question by reporting the presence of a similar histological pattern-true cellular bone with star-shaped ...[more]