Osteocytic osteolysis in a cretaceous reptile.
Bone resorption through osteocytic activity already recognized in all classes of Vertebrates, has been demonstrated in fragments of long bones from a non-identified reptile found in an Upper Cretaceous rock formation in Dinosaur National Park, Patricia, Alberta.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001862:Bone Resorption; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000502:physiology; D010014:Osteolysis; D010163:Paleontology; D012104:Reptiles