TABLE 1. Fossil material subjected to histological study.
Specimen | Locality/Formation | Taxon | Skeletal element | Length (mm) | Circumference (mm) | Thin-section | Polished section |
U. S., K2 1586 | Vrabchov dol/Rezhantsi Formation | ?Titanosauria | diaphyseal fragment of undetermined long bone | 79 | ~ 207 | U. S., K2 1586-1 U. S., K2 1586-2 U. S., K2 1586-3 | yes |
NMNHS FR-16 | Vrabchov dol/Rezhantsi Formation | ?Titanosauria | undetermined bone fragment, possibly part of long bone diaphysis | 77 | 148.68 | NMNHS FR-16 | yes |
NMNHS F-31436 | Kajlâka Formation | Ornithomimosauria | partial left humerus | 94 | 180 | NMNHS F-31436-a NMNHS F-31436-b | no |
NMNHS F-31442 | Labirinta cave/Kajlâka Formation | ?Hadrosauroidea | partial diaphysis | 98 | 158 | NMNHS F-31442 | no |
NMNHS Mos19 | Labirinta cave/Kajlâka Formation | ?Hadrosauroidea | assorted cortical fragments | NMNHS Mos19-1 NMNHS Mos19-2 NMNHS Mos19-3 NMNHS Mos19-4 NMNHS Mos19-5 NMNHS Mos19-6 | no |
TABLE 2. Full width at half maximum (FWHM ˚2θ) of 002 and 300 fluorapatite reflections; average crystallite size estimation (Å) along a - and c - crystallographic directions and corresponding aspect ratio (length/width).
Fluorapatite | |||||
Sample | 002 | 300 | Crystallite size along c-axis | Crystallite size along a-axis | Aspect ratio
(l/w) |
NMNHS FR-16 | 0.3 | 0.46 | 542 | 276 | 1.9 |
U.S., K2 1586 | 0.28 | 0.42 | 626 | 309 | 2 |
NMNHS F-31442 | 0.27 | 0.46 | 686 | 274 | 2.5 |
NMNHS Mos19-2 | 0.26 | 0.56 | 687 | 209 | 3.3 |
NMNHS Mos19-3 | 0.24 | 0.54 | 871 | 221 | 3.9 |