- The
synsacrum is a
skeletal structure of
birds and
other dinosaurs, pterosaurs, as well as
xenarthran mammals, in
which the
sacrum is
extended by incorporation...
-
fused with the
uniform spinal bone (also
specific to birds)
called the
synsacrum,
built from some of the
fused bones.
Birds are
generally digitigrade animals...
- many
birds and
articulate with the
notarium of the
pectoral girdle. The
synsacrum consists of one thoracic, six lumbar, two sacral, and five sacro-caudal...
-
vertebrae are
fused into a
single structure, it is
called the sacrum. The
synsacrum is a
similar fused structure found in
birds that is
composed of the sacral...
- the
later vertebrae. The last few are
fused with the
pelvis to form the
synsacrum. The ribs are
flattened and the
sternum is
keeled for the
attachment of...
-
specialized cells that
contain large amounts of glycogen.
Housed within the
synsacrum, the
function of this
structure is not known, but it does not seem to...
-
anterior thoracic vertebrae abdominal air sacs
posterior thoracic vertebrae,
synsacrum and
hindlimb interclavicular air sac sternum,
sternal ribs, coracoid,...
- (innominate); 15.
ilium (innominate); 16.
caudal vertebrae; 17. pygostyle; 18.
synsacrum; 19. sca****; 20.
dorsal vertebrae; 21. humerus; 22. ulna; 23. radius;...
-
Bennett (2007)
suggested that the
holotype of Mesadactylus, BYU 2024, a
synsacrum,
belonged to an anurognathid,
though this
affinity has been questioned...
- some
caudal and
thoracic vertebrae to form a
single structure called the
synsacrum. In the frog, the
ilium is
elongated and
forms a
mobile joint with the...
