Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated behind the cranium.
- adjective Consisting of the parts or structures behind the cranium.
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- adjective anatomy Relating to the portion of a vertebrate
skeleton located behind and/or beneath thecranium .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For various reasons I’m very interested right now in postcranial pneumaticity, and for this reason I’ll say that Shixinggia (and Heyuannia) are particularly interesting.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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They were similar enough based on their postcranial skeletons to be put into the same species afterall!
Early indications of bipedalism in A. afarensis - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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We packed up all of the new elements that had been prepared since it was originally cast nearly 10 years ago and sent them to RCI so a new, more accurate postcranial skeleton could be made for the Japanese exhibit.
Cryolophosaurus in Japan ReBecca Foster 2009
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We packed up all of the new elements that had been prepared since it was originally cast nearly 10 years ago and sent them to RCI so a new, more accurate postcranial skeleton could be made for the Japanese exhibit.
Archive 2009-04-01 ReBecca Foster 2009
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Before this moment nobody knew this part of the postcranial skeleton of this species, it simply never was found.
Dodo excavation 2007 2007
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The fossil material includes complete postcranial remains (many of which are partially articulated) and skulls so well preserved that even the most delicate bones are still intact.
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In general form and proportions the postcranial bones are similar to those in Pentaceratops sternbergi and are not as robust as those in Torosaurus latus or Triceratops horridus.
Finally..... ReBecca Foster 2008
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As far as I'm aware, there is no postcranial material for Dakosaurus andiniensis, but there is good material for Dakosaurus maximus, which has a much less impressive skull morphology.
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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Distracters, the media, and the debunkers in this current onslaught against the discovery are completely ignoring the evidence of the possibly nine Homo floresiensis individuals discovered at the site, says Brown. âThere are no modern humans with the postcranial dimensions of Homo floresiensis and the second mandible is well outside the range of human variation, â Brown told Cryptomundo.
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In general form and proportions the postcranial bones are similar to those in Pentaceratops sternbergi and are not as robust as those in Torosaurus latus or Triceratops horridus.
Archive 2008-11-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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