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Bone inner structure suggests increasing aquatic adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria)

The paleoecology of desmostylians has been discussed controversially with a general consensus that desmostylians were aquatic or semi-aquatic to some extent. Bone microanatomy can be used as a powerful tool to infer habitat preference of extinct animals. However, bone microanatomical studies of desmostylians are extremely scarce

Article, 2013