Postcranial skeleton of Shinisaurus crocodilurus (Squamata: Anguimorpha)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 759-775

  Conrad, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguidae; Appendicular; Axial; Lizards; Osteology; Platynota; Xenosauridae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BONES OF THE ARM AND HAND; BONES OF THE LEG AND FOOT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLASSIFICATION; CLAVICLE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; LIZARD; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PELVIC GIRDLE; RADIUS; SACRUM; SESAMOID BONE; SPINE; TIBIA; ULNA;

ANIMALS; BONES OF LOWER EXTREMITY; BONES OF UPPER EXTREMITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLAVICLE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMERUS; LIZARDS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PELVIC BONES; RADIUS; SACRUM; SESAMOID BONES; SPINE; TIBIA; ULNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANGUIMORPHA; MOSASAUROIDEA; SHINISAURUS; SHINISAURUS CROCODILURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33644818467     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10291     Document Type: Article

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