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segments are
equal in size. Most
other tetrapods have
pleurocentra and
intercentra which are
drastically different in size and shape.
Embolomeres were among...
- had lost
their pleurocentra, and the
intercentra made up the
entire body of the vertebrae.
Embolerimi had
intercentra and
pleurocentra that were of equal...
- holospondylous,
having only a
single ossification per segment. They
lacked intercentra, even in the tail, and had are no free
haemal arches. The
neural arch...
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containing a
remnant of the notochord.
Reptiles often retain the
primitive intercentra,
which are
present as
small crescent-shaped bony
elements lying between...
-
temnospondyls have
large intercentra and
small pleurocentra,
Caerorhachis and
anthracosaurs have
larger pleurocentra than
intercentra. A 2003 phylogenetic...
-
hesitated from
designating Proterogyrinus as a true embolomere,
because its
intercentra (the
forward portion of each vertebra) were
smaller than its pleurocentra...
- ("primitive")
features relative to the rest of the group.
These include large intercentra (wedge-like
components of the vertebrae),
folded enamel, and a large...
-
unlike later members of the aïstopod lineage, the
vertebrae still possess intercentra, and the
pleurocentra are large.
Lethiscus is the only representative...
-
otherwise unossified notocord or
consisting of thin-walled, ring-shaped
intercentra topped by the
neural arch. The name
pyllospondily is from Gr****, "leaf...
-
large spaces between the
centra where bones called intercentra could fit,
although no
intercentra are
preserved in the six
Echinerpeton specimens. The...