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'This one is an ichthyosaur,' Attenborough says, fetching one of his own specimens, having been clearly impressed by Louis' lower jaw of cretaceous crocodile, 'and these here are gastralia.'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The gastralia are elongate and gently curved, with an elliptical, dorsoventrally compressed cross section.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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Anteriorly, the gastralia are in close association with the sternal plates.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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'This one is an ichthyosaur,' Attenborough says, fetching one of his own specimens, having been clearly impressed by Louis' lower jaw of cretaceous crocodile, 'and these here are gastralia.'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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When viewed dorsally, the proximal ends of the gastralia are expanded cranio-caudally and dorso-ventrally compressed into a thin spatulate shape.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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Notably, the gastralia (imbricating slender '' belly ribs, '' Fig. 5) do not articulate solidly with other bony elements nor do they significantly invest the lateral body wall (Claessens, 2004b).
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The longest gastralia are bowed posteriorly throughout the midline of the rib shaft, and then curve anteriorly to an equal degree, forming a shallow sigmoidal shape in dorsal view.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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Nine elements representing gastralial ribs are preserved including two complete gastralia with proximal articulations, three near complete gastralia without proximal ends, one isolated proximal end and three shaft fragments.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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Eight specimens are medial gastralia and a single shaft, which is tapered at both ends, is considered to be a lateral gastralium.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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(now cataloged as MNA V743 through MNA V752), consist of portions of several articulated caudal vertebrae, poorly preserved pubes, a partial right tibia, both articulated pedes, and several articulated gastralia.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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