-
compressive forces.
Amphicoelous vertebra have
centra with both ends concave. This
shape is
common in fish,
where most
motion is limited.
Amphicoelous centra often...
- for the hindlimb, was
relatively unimportant. The tail
vertebrae were
amphicoelous, the
vertebral bodies on both ends
being concave.
Early species had long...
-
which had as few as
eleven cervical vertebrae. With
early forms, the
amphicoelous or
amphiplat neck
vertebrae bore double-headed neck ribs;
later forms...
- part of the body. The
caudal vertebrae had
centra that were
slightly amphicoelous,
meaning they were
concave on both sides. A
prominent feature of Ankylosaurus...
- rear
sides of the
discs were
hollowed out,
resulting in a so-called
amphicoelous condition. A
transverse cross-section of such a
vertebra has an hourgl****...
-
crocodiles may have. The
tuatara spine is made up of hourgl****-shaped
amphicoelous vertebrae,
concave both
before and behind. This is the
usual condition...
-
vertebra is well preserved. As in Giraffatitan, this
vertebra was
slightly amphicoelous (concave on both ends),
lacked openings on the sides, and had a short...
- tail-wagging muscles,
cartilaginous inscriptional ribs, the
presence of
amphicoelous vertebrae, and nine
presachral vertebrae (most
frogs have eight). In...
- into
pleurocentra and intercentra. All
members of
Stereospondyli had
amphicoelous centra composed only of the intercentra. Cope
objected to von Zittel's...
-
vertebrae of fish. The
centrum of a fish is
usually concave at each end (
amphicoelous),
which limits the
motion of the fish. In contrast, the
centrum of a...
