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Upper Arm Bone and Colorized Scan of Bone Tissue

Caption: This is the humerus, or upper arm bone, of Nyasasaurus parringtoni next to a cross section of the bone. The many colors indicate that the bone fibers are disorganized, much like those of early dinosaurs.

Credit: (c)Natural History Museum

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