Essays about: "postcranial"

Found 5 essays containing the word postcranial.

  1. 1. Study of the Taxonomy of Carnivores from the Eocene-Oligocene of the Quercy Area, France

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Paleobiologi

    Author : Julien van der Hoek; [2021]
    Keywords : Quercy; Carnivora; Amphicyonidae; Eocene; Oligocene; taxonomy;

    Abstract : The Quercy area of France is an important site for mammal palaeontology, yet 19th century collections of this area, such as the one in the Department of Palaeobiology, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, remain understudied due to not being well updated taxonomically and correlated stratigraphically. An updated taxonomy was created for the postcranial material of the collections, as well as the dental material originally identified to the amphicyonid genera Amphicyon, Haplocyon and Pseudocyon through study of morphological characteristics and measurements. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investigating health in medieval Uppsala : An osteological analysis of skulls from the anatomical collection of Museum Gustavianum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Varvara Papamargariti; [2019]
    Keywords : human osteology; health; cranial pathologies; dental disease; Middle Ages; medieval; Uppsala;

    Abstract : Denna studie behandlar hälsan i det medeltida Uppsala genom osteologiska analyser på 32 skallar från Gustavianums anatomiska samling. Skallarna i fråga är del av en större grupp med mänskliga benrester som hittades vid Östra Ågatan år 1909. READ MORE

  4. 3. Postcranial anatomy of Tanius sinensis Wiman, 1929 (Dinosauria; Hadrosauroidea)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Niclas Borinder; [2015]
    Keywords : Tanius; Jiangjunding; postcranial; hadrosauroid; phylogeny;

    Abstract : Tanius sinensis Wiman, 1929 was one of the first hadrosauroid or “duck-billed” taxa erected from China, indeed one of the very first non-avian dinosaur taxa to be erected based on material from the country. Since the original description by Wiman in 1929, the anatomy of T. READ MORE

  5. 4. Enigmatic basal archosauromorph from the Late Triassic of Poland

    University essay from Evolution och utvecklingsbiologi; Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Olja Toljagic; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Choristodera, a lineage of basal archosauromorphs (Reptilia: Diapsida), first appeared in Early/Middle Jurassic (possibly Late Triassic; approximately 201 million years ago) and extended all the way into early Miocene (approximately 23 million years ago). Choristoderans are the only group of more basal archosauromorphs that survived after the Jurassic period, along with Archosauriformes (a more derived group of Archosauromorphs). READ MORE

  6. 5. Adaptations and evolution in terrestrial carnivores

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Anders Hansson; [1996]
    Keywords : Carnivora; Creodonta; locomotor adaptations; skeleton; dentition; jaws; carnassials; saber-tooths; evolution; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : A review of adaptations in fossil and extant mammalian carnivores has been made. Adaptations to different locomotor behaviours can be seen in the postcranial skeleton. Typically cursorial adaptations are long distal limb segments and restrictions in the mobility of the limbs to move in other directions than forward and backward. READ MORE