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SUBMITTER: Wintrich T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445751 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wintrich Tanja T Scaal Martin M Böhmer Christine C Schellhorn Rico R Kogan Ilja I van der Reest Aaron A Sander P Martin PM
Scientific reports 20200824 1
The intervertebral disc (IVD) has long been considered unique to mammals. Palaeohistological sampling of 17 mostly extinct clades across the amniote tree revealed preservation of different intervertebral soft tissue types (cartilage, probable notochord) seen in extant reptiles. The distribution of the fossilised tissues allowed us to infer the soft part anatomy of the joint. Surprisingly, we also found evidence for an IVD in fossil reptiles, including non-avian dinosaurs, ichthyosaurs, plesiosau ...[more]