Postcranial

Word POSTCRANIAL
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Definitions and meanings of "Postcranial"

What do we mean by postcranial?

Situated behind the cranium. adjective

Consisting of the parts or structures behind the cranium. adjective

Relating to the portion of a vertebrate skeleton located behind and/or beneath the cranium. adjective

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The word "postcranial" in example sentences

For various reasons I’m very interested right now in postcranial pneumaticity, and for this reason I’ll say that Shixinggia (and Heyuannia) are particularly interesting. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

They were similar enough based on their postcranial skeletons to be put into the same species afterall! ❋ Unknown (2010)

We packed up all of the new elements that had been prepared since it was originally cast nearly 10 years ago and sent them to RCI so a new, more accurate postcranial skeleton could be made for the Japanese exhibit. ❋ ReBecca Foster (2009)

Before this moment nobody knew this part of the postcranial skeleton of this species, it simply never was found. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The fossil material includes complete postcranial remains (many of which are partially articulated) and skulls so well preserved that even the most delicate bones are still intact. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In general form and proportions the postcranial bones are similar to those in Pentaceratops sternbergi and are not as robust as those in Torosaurus latus or Triceratops horridus. ❋ ReBecca Foster (2008)

As far as I'm aware, there is no postcranial material for Dakosaurus andiniensis, but there is good material for Dakosaurus maximus, which has a much less impressive skull morphology. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Distracters, the media, and the debunkers in this current onslaught against the discovery are completely ignoring the evidence of the possibly nine Homo floresiensis individuals discovered at the site, says Brown. “There are no modern humans with the postcranial dimensions of Homo floresiensis and the second mandible is well outside the range of human variation, ” Brown told Cryptomundo. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Supp 44: 151 –presentation given by Bill Jungers presented a talk that aggressively and directly countered claims about the postcranial anatomy of the hobbit being abnormal. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Okay, we see that Sussman is interested in the “comparative morphology” of humans and apes, Stern is interested in “The evolution of postcranial adaptations in primates,” Rubin works on bones in animals and humans, … Those were just the last three - you guys look up the rest. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The discovery of previously unknown postcranial remains of a Miocene red panda relative, Simocyon batalleri, from the Spanish site of Batallones-1 Madrid, now shows that this animal had a false thumb. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Remains of wild animals include several antler and postcranial remains of both fallow deer and red deer, and a few bones of hare and possibly wild goat. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Not only have we lost important information on general health, nutrition, and lifestyle (hard working or not) that are encoded in the postcranial bones, but even in the head department vital data was missed by the decision to collect and concentrate on intact skulls. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The almost thorough lack of interest in postcranial bones in the early days of Predynastic archaeology is much to be regretted. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The other contained the lead box -- inscribed as had been recorded in 1661 -- in which was a skull that matched postcranial bones of the headless man in the first box. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The Gran Dolina fossils -- nearly 80 postcranial, cranial, facial, and mandibular bones as well as teeth of at least six individuals -- were excavated between 1994 and 1996 (see "The Peopling of Eurasia," ARCHAEOLOGY, January/February 1996). ❋ Unknown (1997)

The specimens included several australopithecine mandibles, partial skulls, teeth, and postcranial bones. ❋ Virginia Morell (1995)

Most of these were postcranial bones (bones other than the skull), and Johanson speculated that the group of hominids (which he would later call “the first family”) had been killed together in a flash flood or similar catastrophe 3.5 million years ago. ❋ Virginia Morell (1995)

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