the bony deposits found on the skin of many reptiles and a few mammals
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They have been mainly differentiated by their osteoderm morphology and cranio-dental characters.
Flávio Góis, Laureano Raúl González Ruiz, Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané, Esteban Soibelzon 2015, 'A Peculiar New Pampatheriidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the Pleistoceneof Argentina and Comments on Pampatheriidae Diversity.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4470999?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In general, the osteoderm histology of doswelliids more closely resembles that ofphytosaurs and pseudosuchians than that of proterochampsids.
Denis A. Ponce, Ignacio A. Cerda, Julia B. Desojo, Sterling J. Nesbitt 2017, 'The osteoderm microstructure in doswelliids and proterochampsids and its implicationsfor palaeobiology of stem archosaurs', Acta Palaeontologica Polonicahttp://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app62/app003812017.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)