- The
articular process or
zygapophysis (Gr****: ζυγόν, romanized: zugón, lit. 'yoke' + apophysis) of a
vertebra is a
projection of the
vertebra that serves...
- had
prezygapophyses (long bony projections) on the
upper surfaces of the vertebrae, as well as
ossified tendons underneath. The
prezygapophyses began...
- processes, from the
prezygapophyses at the
front to the
diapophyses at the sides) were
nearly vertical because the
prezygapophyses were
situated higher...
- by a "handle" of the far
distal vertabrae being stiff and
using the
prezygapophyses to inlock,
ensuring rigidity.
Thagomizer Arbour, V. M. (2009). "Estimating...
- “handle” of the tail club
involves the vertebrae, and
requires elongated prezygapophyses to
overlap at
least half of the
preceding vertebral centrum length...
- Most of the tail
vertebrae bore bony, rod-like
extensions (called
prezygapophyses), as well as bony
tendons in some species. In his
study of Deinonychus...
-
connections between the vertebrae. The
paired front joint processes, the
prezygapophyses, are
strongly elongated and
overlap half of the
preceding vertebra...
-
section of the
relatively short tail is
somewhat stiffened by long
prezygapophyses. The
caudal vertebrae are
heavily pneumatized with a spongeous-like...
-
centrum to the
prezygapophyses (articular
surfaces with the
neural arch of the
preceding vertebra). From
directly behind the
prezygapophyses, the diapophyes...
-
These features are also
known in the
megaraptoran Murusraptor. The
prezygapophyses (front
vertebral joint plates) are
rectangular when see from the side...
