-
Pachyostosis is a non-pathological
condition in
vertebrate animals in
which the
bones experience a thickening,
generally caused by
extra layers of lamellar...
- Toxolophosaurus,
though has
similarities to the
sapheosaur clade. Its
skeleton is
pachyostotic (thickened) skeleton,
believed to be an
adaptation for a semi-aquatic...
- of the body,
which means that the
bones are
simultaneously thicker (
pachyostotic) and
denser (osteosclerotic) than in any
other known cetacean. Pachyosteosclerosis...
- in
aquatic tetrapods:
osteoporotic or
pachyostotic.
Osteoporotic bone is
spongy and
porous whereas pachyostotic involves an
increase in
skeletal m****...
- but
aquatic taxa that live in
shallow water can
retain very thick,
pachyostotic, osteosclerotic, or
pachyosteosclerotic bones,
especially if they move...
- Steller's sea cow were pachyosteosclerotic,
meaning they were both
bulky (
pachyostotic) and
dense (osteosclerotic). In all
collected skeletons of the sea cow...
-
portion of the
posterior trunk. Ribs
attributed to S.
rochebrunei are
pachyostotic at
their proximal ends and
decrease in
thickness distally. Some specimens...
- and short, paddle-like tail. The
vertebrae and ribs of
Eupodophis are
pachyostotic, or thickened, as an
adaptation to a
marine lifestyle. The
pelvic bones...
- Aristonectidae, but
later ****igned to Cryptoclididae. The
unusual body
shape and
pachyostotic gastralia of
Tatenectes would have
helped to make it more
stable and...
-
vertebral centra are
amphicoelous and the
zygapophyses are
pachyostotic. The ribs are
pachyostotic and
strongly distally expanded. Paludidraco, like all nothosaurs...
