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Pectoral girdle and forelimb variation in extant Crocodylia: the coracoid–humerus pair as an evolutionary module
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2013)
To date, all statements about evolutionary morphological transformation in Crocodylia have essentially been based on qualitative observations. In the present study, we assessed the morphological variation and covariation ...
Comparative anatomy and development of pectoral and pelvic girdles in hylid anurans
(Wiley-liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2018-07)
The development of the tetrapod pectoral and pelvic girdles is intimately linked to the proximal segments of the fore- and hindlimbs. Most studies on girdles are osteological and provide little information about soft ...
Comments on the morphology of basal paravian shoulder girdle: New data based on unenlagiid Theropods and Paleognath birds
(Frontiers Media, 2021-05)
In 1976 John Ostrom published an enlightening paper about the anatomical transformations in the shoulder girdle and forelimb elements along the origin of birds. Most of his ideas were based on comparing Archaeopteryx ...
Pectoral Girdle Morphology in Early-Diverging Paravians and Living Ratites: Implications for the Origin of Flight
(American Museum of Natural History, 2020-08)
Discussions about the origin of flight almost unanimously assume that early birds positioned (and moved) their wings in the same basic manner as living flying birds, with reconstructed wings extended with the airfoil surface ...
Total length estimation of the Brazilian flathead Percophis brasiliensis, using morphometric relationships of skull, pectoral girdle bones, otoliths and specific body measures, in Argentine waters
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2013-03)
Predictive regression equations were generated to estimate total length of the Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis) fish using skull and pectoral girdle bones as well as specific body and otolith lengths. All ...
Neuroanatomy of the vertebral column of Vegasaurus molyi (Elasmosauridae) with comments on the cervico-dorsal limit in plesiosaurs
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2017-05)
The evolution of the axial skeleton of vertebrates, particularly regionalization and the changes in the limits of each region is yet to be completely understood. The features of this process are more difficult to follow ...
Osteological Atlas of Melanophryniscus (Anura, Bufonidae): a Synthesis after 150 years of Skeletal Studies in the Genus Herpetological Monographs
(Herpetologists League, 2021-06)
Toads of the genus Melanophryniscus are known since the mid-late 19th Century, and the first skeletal description was made early in 1875. However, it was not until the 1970s that osteological variation was discussed in a ...
Thoracic member (pectoral girdle and forelimb) bones of Mylodon darwinii Owen (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Central Argentina and their phylogenetic implications
(Springer Heidelberg, 2017-09)
A nearly complete skeleton, including most of the thoracic member bones of the sloth Mylodon darwinii, have been found in Upper Pleistocene strata from Anisacate River, Argentina. The thoracic member bones resemble their ...