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Pygostyle describes a
skeletal condition in
which the
final few
caudal vertebrae are
fused into a
single ossification,
supporting the tail
feathers and...
- new
group called Sauriurae. Said simply,
modern birds have short,
fused pygostyle tails,
while Archaeopteryx retained the long tail
characteristic of non-avian...
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quill ****s (the
anchor points for wing
feathers on the forelimb) or a
pygostyle (the
fused vertebrae at the tail tip
which often supports large feathers)...
- The
first element to
disappear was the bony tail,
being reduced to a
pygostyle and the tail
function taken over by feathers.
Confuciusornis is an example...
- maniraptoromorphs, and this
process culminated in the
appearance of the
pygostyle, an
ossification of
fused tail vertebrae. In the late Cretaceous, about...
- to the
pygostyle. The
Ornithothoraces have a ploughshare-shaped
pygostyle,
while the more
primitive members had longer, rod-shaped
pygostyles. The earliest...
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Rumpless chickens are
characterised by
caudal dysplasia, the
absence of the
pygostyle or
caudal appendage – the "parson's nose". This is the
result of inheritance...
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Caudal vertebrae compose the tail, and the
final few can be
fused into the
pygostyle in birds, or into the
coccygeal or tail bone in
chimpanzees (and humans)...
- small,
round pieces of dark meat are
often considered to be a delicacy.
Pygostyle (chicken's buttocks) and ****s:
These are
commonly eaten in East Asia...
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adaptation is the
fusing of
bones into
single ossifications, such as the
pygostyle.
Because of this,
birds usually have a
smaller number of
bones than other...
