Bone Inner Structure Suggests Increasing Aquatic Adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria) (original) (raw)
Figure 12
Microanatomy of thoracic vertebrate in extant mammals.
A, Trichechus manatus (manatee). B, Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus). C, Phoca vitulina (harbor seal). D, Zalophus californianus (California sea lion). E, Rangifer tarandus (caribou). F, Ursus maritimus (polar bear). A, C and E, virtual transverse section. B, D and F, virtual mid-sagittal section of the centrum.