"Fossils" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.
| Descriptor ID |
D005580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.076.368.584.311
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles.
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Diverging trends in erythrocyte size elucidate cardiovascular evolution in stem dinosaurs and crocodilians. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 Sep; 292(2054):20251286.
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The postcranial anatomy of Moschorhinus kitchingi (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Karoo Basin of South Africa. PeerJ. 2024; 12:e17765.
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Cranial anatomy of Libognathus sheddi Small, 1997 (Parareptilia, Procolophonidae) from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of West Texas, USA. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 Apr; 307(4):1421-1441.
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Investigation of a bone lesion in a gorgonopsian (Synapsida) from the Permian of Zambia and periosteal reactions in fossil non-mammalian tetrapods. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 03 02; 375(1793):20190144.
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Vertebrate palaeophysiology. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 03 02; 375(1793):20190130.
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Bone histology of varanopids (Synapsida) from Richards Spur, Oklahoma, sheds light on growth patterns and lifestyle in early terrestrial colonizers. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 03 02; 375(1793):20190142.
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Osteology of the Late Triassic Bipedal Archosaur Poposaurus gracilis (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from Western North America. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2020 04; 303(4):874-917.
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Carboniferous-Permian climate change constrained early land vertebrate radiations. Nat Ecol Evol. 2019 02; 3(2):200-206.
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Late-surviving stem mammal links the lowermost Cretaceous of North America and Gondwana. Nature. 2018 06; 558(7708):108-112.
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Stem caecilian from the Triassic of Colorado sheds light on the origins of Lissamphibia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 07 03; 114(27):E5389-E5395.