- in the
ankle long
metapodials and four
fused sacral vertebrae a
pachyosteosclerotic (thick,
heavy bone)
auditory bulla with an
involucrum and sigmoid...
-
usually exhibited in semi-aquatic
animals which used
their heavy (
pachyosteosclerotic)
bones as
ballasts to help them sink,
induced by hypothyroidism....
-
shallow water can
retain very thick, pachyostotic, osteosclerotic, or
pachyosteosclerotic bones,
especially if they move slowly, like sea cows. In some cases...
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ectotympanic (a bony ring that
holds the ear drum), and the
bones are
pachyosteosclerotic (dense and bulky).
Sirenians first appeared in the
fossil record...
- curved. Like
other sirenians, the
bones of Steller's sea cow were
pachyosteosclerotic,
meaning they were both
bulky (pachyostotic) and
dense (osteosclerotic)...
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amounts of time in an
aquatic environment, such as P. portelli's
pachyosteosclerotic ribs.
Similar to an
extant manatee's ribs,
these ribs
provided a...
- the
single species and holotype,
Ashoroa laticosta.
Ashoroa had
pachyosteosclerotic (large and dense) bones. The ribs are
broader than in
other desmostylians...
-
erectus on Java were
predominantly molluscivorous:
stone tool use,
pachyosteosclerotic skeleton (slow+shallow diving), much
larger brains (seafoods + DHA)...
- was
likely horizontally flattened. The ribs are
thick and
dense (
pachyosteosclerotic) as well as flat and broad. The sca**** is
stout and the humerus...
- bushpig". It is
known from a
nearly complete skull and
fragments of
pachyosteosclerotic (thick) ribs.
Based on its age and morphology, E.
lambondrano may...
