Fig. 11
From: Internal vascularity of the dermal plates of Stegosaurus (Ornithischia, Thyreophora)
Four sequential CT scans of an Alligator mississippiensis dorsal osteoderm, perpendicular to the long axis of the central keel of the osteoderm. All scans were made near the middle of the fore-aft axis of the osteoderm. Note vascular canals entering vertically and obliquely from the ventral surface of the osteoderm (cf. Fig. 8a), and the network of vascular spaces within the osteoderm interior. Scale bars 10 mm