Evolution of the iliosacral joint in diapsid phylogeny

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-311

  Borsuk Bialynicka, Magdalena ^a,b  

^a Polska Akademia Nauk ^*

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basal Archosauriformes; Bipedal locomotion; Diapsida; Functional anatomy; Pelvis; Squamates

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; LIMB; PHYLOGENY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

ARCHOSAURIFORMES; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; IGUANIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 52949085809     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0249-0297     Document Type: Article

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