Figure 5

Cervid bone remodelling. a) Humerus of juvenile Candiacervus sp.II specimen PIMUZ A/V 5236 (xpl, lambda compensator, scale bar 0.5 mm). Note the scattered secondary osteons (SO). b) Ulna of adult Candiacervus sp. II specimen PIMUZ A/V 5215 (lpl, scale bar 1 mm) displaying plexiform fibrolamellar bone (centre) and dense Haversian bone (bottom). Note that the medullary cavity (bottom) has been subsequently closed by the deposition of endosteal lamellar bone which was in turn replaced by secondary Haversian bone. Anterior at the bottom. c) Dense Haversian bone in a metacarpal of adult Megaloceros giganteus specimen NMING: F22534/4 (xpl, scale bar 0.5 mm).