procoelous


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procoelous

[prō′sēl·əs]
(vertebrate zoology)
The form of a vertebra that is concave anteriorly and convex posteriorly.
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The flat articulations also distinguish these caudal vertebrae from the procoelous middle caudal vertebrae of lithostrotian titanosaurs (e.g., Powell, 1992; Salgado et al., 1997; Sanz et al., 1999; Gomani, 2005).
Systematic review of late Jurassic Sauropods from the Museu Geologico Collections (Lisboa, Portugal)
ASHER & KRAUSE (1998) based the presence of a pelobatid in Madagascar on a single isolated atlas that resembled Pelobatidae in the combination of having solid, procoelous centrum, lacking nothochordal canal and transverse processes, having atlantal cotyles nearly in touch ventrally, and being unfused with the second presacral vertebra.
Una nueva Calyptocephalellidae (Anura, Neobatrachia) del Cretacico Superior de la Patagonia, Argentina, con comentarios sobre su posicion sistematica
At least procoelous vertebrae belong to eusuchians.
Late Cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update
The caudal vertebra from MMA (without number) is procoelous, and it may be the first of the tail (KARL, 1990, 1991b).
Reptiles fosiles (Reptilia: Chelonii, Crocodylia) del Oligoceno inferior marino de la cuenca de Weisselster (Alemania Central: Sajonia)

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