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Definition of Tibiotarsus

Tibiotarsus
Tibiotarsus Tib`i*o*tar"sus, n.; pl. Tibiotarsi. (Anat.) The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.

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- The tibiotarsus is the large bone between the femur and the tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is the fusion of the proximal part of the tarsus...
- the tibia to form the tibiotarsus, while the centralia are absent. The anterior (frontal) side of the dorsal end of the tibiotarsus (at the knee) contains...
- tibiotarsus contrasts with those of the carpometacarpus, ulna, and femur as being distinctly larger than other Leptoptilini species. The tibiotarsus lies...
- 1259–1263: tibiotarsus remains of small, possibly basal P****eriformes. A partial coracoid of a probable Muscicapoidea, possibly ****idae; distal tibiotarsus and...
- includes a distal left ulna end (LACM 135361), a well-preserved left tibiotarsus (LACM 135357), two cervical vertebrae (LACM 135357-135358), three humerus...
- lower end), the right tibiotarsus (lacking part of the upper articular surface), upper and lower portions of the left tibiotarsus, as well as unidentified...
- during the Eocene. Acosta Hospitaleche & Jones (2024) describe partial tibiotarsus of a psilopterine phorusrhacid from the Eocene (Lutetian) Sarmiento Formation...
- Moreno and Alcides Mercerart in 1891, the fossils being a left femur, tibiotarsus, fibula, and tarsometatarsus all from the same individual found in the...
- consists of the femur. At the knee joint, the femur connects to the tibiotarsus (shin) and fibula (side of lower leg). The tarsometatarsus forms the...
- loons is not very pronounced: Rasmussen (1998). USNM 16612, distal right tibiotarsus. Smaller than common loon; the polished-bone look and large size of the...