Rare Earth Elements in Dinosaur Bones Across the Embryo-Adult Spectrum

There is broad consensus that many bones of extinct vertebrates contain Rare Earth Elements (REE) and other trace minerals that have been incorporated and enriched into the fossil during diagenesis. During fossilization, apatite minerals in vertebrate bones recrystallize from metastable biogenic for...

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Main Authors: Shuanglong Wang, Timothy D. Huang, Runhan Yan, Huanwen Chen, Shitao Zhang, Xiaobo Li, László Kótai, Robert R. Reisz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00230/full