Fig. 5 in Shell bone histology of solemydid turtles (stem Testudines): palaeoecological implications

Fig. 5 Thin-sections of Solemydidae aff. Naomichelys sp. Images in a-c and f-h in normal transmitted, d, e and i in crosspolarised, and right side in g in cross-polarized light using lambda compensator. a Peripheral (TMP 90.60.07). b Limb ossicle (FM PR 273). c Shell fragment (TMP 90.60.07). d Close-up of external cortex and ornamentation in peripheral (TMP 90.60.07). e Close-up of external cortex and ornamentation in shell fragment (TMP 90.60.07). f Close-up of cancellous bone of shell fragment (TMP 90.60.07). g Close-up of cancellous bone and internal cortex of shell fragment (TMP 90.60.07). h, i Close-up of cortical bone of limb ossicle (FM PR 273). Abbreviations: CB cancellous bone; ECO external cortex; ICO internal cortex; ISF interwoven structural fibres; LB lamellar bone; lsFB longitudinally sectioned fibre bundles; OP ornamentation pattern; PFB parallel-fibred bone; trFB transversally sectioned fibre bundles