Essays about: "neck retraction"

Found 2 essays containing the words neck retraction.

  1. 1. Neck Flexibility and Feeding Habits in Meiolania platyceps Explored Using Photogrammetric Biomechanics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sofie Heinsvig; [2015]
    Keywords : Meiolania platyceps; neck retraction; photogrammetry; feeding habits; Meiolania platyceps; halsindragning; fotogrammetri; födovanor;

    Abstract : The Meiolania platyceps is an extinct Meiolaniid turtle which resided in the Southern Hemispheres Gondwanaland regions. The specimen used for this project was from the Pleistocene and found on Lord Howe Island, Australia. READ MORE

  3. 2. Neck mobility, Grazing habits, and intraspecific combat behaviour in the Giant Pleistocene horned Turtle Meiolania Platyceps

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Andréas Jannel; [2015]
    Keywords : Testudinata; neck retraction; cervical vertebrae; Photogrammetry; 3D modelling; Testudinata; rétraction du cou; vertèbres cervicales; Photogrammétrie; Modélisation 3D; Testudinata; hals indragning; halskotor; fotogrammetri; 3D-modellering;

    Abstract : Meiolania platyceps is the stratigraphically youngest, and osteologically best-known members of the enigmatic Paleogene-Holocene testudinatan clade Meiolaniidae. This study generated digital reconstructions of intervertebral mobility using the complete cervical series of M. READ MORE