Estudio preliminar de la microestructura de los huesos fósiles de mamíferos de Somosaguas (Mioceno Medio, Madrid)

  1. Elez Villar, Javier
  2. Cuezva, S.
Revista:
Coloquios de Paleontología

ISSN: 1132-1660

Any de publicació: 2000

Número: 51

Pàgines: 137-158

Tipus: Article

Altres publicacions en: Coloquios de Paleontología

Resum

Paleohistology of fossil mammal bones belonging to Somosaguas site is very well preserved. In this work we describe bone microestructures such us laminar bone ( osteones, lamelae) and non laminar bone, till the celular level. Two kinds of alterations may affect the bone, one of them generated by saprophyt organisms during biostratinomic stages, an the other of unknown origin. This give us a source of new information about paleobiology and taphonomy of fossil mammals.