The development of the osteocranium of Pleurodeles waltlii Michahelles

✍ Scribed by J. Corsin

• Book ID: 102369832
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1966
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 497 KB
• Volume: 119
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0362-2525
• DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1051190207

✦ Synopsis

Under optimal conditions the development of the osteocranium covers the major part of the larval period and lasts about three and a half months. The earliest ossifications are of dermal origin and concern the tooth-bearing bones. The poorly developed enchondral ossifications found in Urodela, appear at a much later stage, just before metamorphosis.