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Pachyostosis is a non-pathological
condition in
vertebrate animals in
which the
bones experience a thickening,
generally caused by
extra layers of lamellar...
- of the body,
which means that the
bones are
simultaneously thicker (
pachyostotic) and
denser (osteosclerotic) than in any
other known cetacean. Pachyosteosclerosis...
- Toxolophosaurus,
though has
similarities to the
sapheosaur clade. Its
skeleton is
pachyostotic (thickened) skeleton,
believed to be an
adaptation for a semi-aquatic...
- but
aquatic taxa that live in
shallow water can
retain very thick,
pachyostotic, osteosclerotic, or
pachyosteosclerotic bones,
especially if they move...
- in
aquatic tetrapods:
osteoporotic or
pachyostotic.
Osteoporotic bone is
spongy and
porous whereas pachyostotic involves an
increase in
skeletal m****...
- Steller's sea cow were pachyosteosclerotic,
meaning they were both
bulky (
pachyostotic) and
dense (osteosclerotic). In all
collected skeletons of the sea cow...
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where many
other ceratopsids had a horn. Such a boss is
often called "
pachyostotic", i.e.
consisting of
thickened bone. But
describing it as a
thick "boss"...
-
gracile teeth. Both
genera however share a
highly osteosclerotic and
pachyostotic skeleton,
greatly increasing their weight and
possibly serving as additional...
- Aristonectidae, but
later ****igned to Cryptoclididae. The
unusual body
shape and
pachyostotic gastralia of
Tatenectes would have
helped to make it more
stable and...
- 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...
