Definition of Tarsometatarsus. Meaning of Tarsometatarsus. Synonyms of Tarsometatarsus

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Tarsometatarsus. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Tarsometatarsus and, of course, Tarsometatarsus synonyms and on the right images related to the word Tarsometatarsus.

Definition of Tarsometatarsus

Tarsometatarsus
Tarsometatarsus Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus, n.; pl. Tarsometatarsi. [NL.] (Anat.) The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.

Meaning of Tarsometatarsus from wikipedia

- The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs. It is formed from the fusion of several bones...
- a single species, M. ekalakaensis, known from an incomplete right tarsometatarsus and toe bone. The Magnusavis holotype specimen, CCM V2019.5.1, was...
- foot (the distals and most of the metatarsal) are fused to form the tarsometatarsus – a third segment of the leg, specific to birds. The upper bones of...
- 1990. Another partial tarsometatarsus was reportedly found in a s**** pit in Sarasota County, making it the only other tarsometatarsus known from Titanis...
- pelvis, coracoid, ulna, radius, and tarsometatarsus found in Mare aux Songes. Only the coracoid and the tarsometatarsus are left today. It was scientifically...
- waterbirds in the Balaenicipitidae family. It was described from fossil tarsometatarsus pieces, one found in the Upper Miocene series of the Shivalik Formation...
- tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus of a smallish to mid-sized p****erine that may be the same as the preceding; proximal ulna and tarsometatarsus of a Paridae-sized...
- was first described by Loye H. Miller (1911) in 1911 from a partial tarsometatarsus recovered from Pleistocene cave deposits in Samwel Cave of northern...
- 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...
- Gymnogyps amplus was first described by L. H. Miller in 1911 from a broken tarsometatarsus. The species is the only condor species found in the La Brea Tar Pits'...