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Osteology of the worm snakes (Carphophis)
The primary purposes of the study were to describe and compare the skeletons of the three forms of Carphophis, evaluate a recent proposal to raise C. a. vermis to full species rank, and compare Carphophis to Calamaria, a genus of fossorial snakes found in Indo-Malayan forests.
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Comparative Osteology of the Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae
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E-learning and developmental osteology: a test of suitability
Advances in technologies such as the Internet have shown a rapid increase of courses offering online supplements or being taught entirely online. The development of the skeleton has not as yet been approached as a subject taught online. The University of Dundee considerable expertise in this area, …
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The description of the bronzed grackle & its general osteology and myology
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, 1929
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On The Cranial Osteology of <em>Eremiascincus</em> and Its Use For Identification.
… contexts: 1) a description of the cranial osteology, 2) a qualitative comparison of individual cranial elements of <em>Eremiascincus</em> to closely related <em>Ctenotus</em>, 3) a description of the cranial allometry in <em>Eremiascincus</em> using linear morphometrics, 4) using cranial …
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Osteology of Calluella guttulata (Blyth 1855) and Associated Commentary on Evolution in the Family Microhylidae (Anura)
Microhylid osteology is a morass of unusual structures and repetitive convergent evolution. The available phylogenetic information is limited, and the osteological information barely scratches the surface of the diversity present in the group, but even this much is enough to begin to identify …
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The Comparative Osteology and Phylogeny of The Anabantoidei, With a Proposal of a New Order Luciocephaliformes (Teleostei, Pisces)
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Peopling Portland’s Past: A paleodemographic, osteological and funerary investigation of the burial population excavated from the site of St. Andrew’s Church, Portland, UK.
The current project investigated the osteology, funerary archaeology and demography of the multi period site of Portland St. Andrew’s Church, Dorset, UK. The osteology and archaeology of the site were united through a comprehensive analysis of human skeletal remains and the creation of a complete …
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Osteology, Morphometrics, and Phylogenetic Systematics of the ‘Booneville Dinosaur’ (Ornithopoda: Hadrosauridae) From the Early–Middle Campanian Coffee Formation of Northeastern Mississippi
<p>The non-avian dinosaur fossil record of Mississippi includes members of the clades Hadrosauroidea, Nodosauridae, Tyrannosauroidea, Ornithomimidae, Dromaeosauridae, and Ceratopsia. These members are represented only by non-articulated usually isolated elements, deposited in the marine and …
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The comparative osteology and taxonomy of the North American cyprinid genera, Richard-sonius, Clinostomus and Semotilus, with notes on other minnows
… should precede further taxonomic changes. If osteology is to be used as the basis of cyprinid, generic taxonomy, the skeletons of both near and distant relatives of the group under consideration should be studied. Even so, more work than would be represented by such a study may be necessary in …
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Contribuição ao estudo do crânio de Placosoma Tschudi, 1847 (Sauria: Teiidae: Gymnophthalminae)
The present study deals with the cranial osteology of Placosoma Tschudi, 1847 (Sauria, Teiidae, Gymnophthalminae), comparing the cranium of different species. For this study, was used the methods of Taylor and Van Dyke (1985), for clearing and staining the skulls, as well as other techniques. …
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Contribuição ao conhecimento da oesteologia Pachypops adspersus (Steindachner): complexos cefálicos e caudal
We have analised here the osteology of the cephalic bones and tail complex of young and adult fishes of the Pachypops adspersus (Steindachner) class, twenty of which were available, having in view the importance of these structural components on taxinomic, philogenetic and evolutive interpretation …
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Functional anatomy of the Macrouridae (Teleostei, Gadiformes)
Osteology and myology of the head of 21 species of macrourids and two closely related species are described. A general model of the mechanics of the macrourid head during feeding has been developed based on the anatomical findings. The structure of the head and integration of morphological units …
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Comparative Morphometrics of the Sacral Vertebra in <em>Aneides</em> (Caudata: Plethodontidae).
… for arboreality will be visible in the osteology of the sacral vertebra either by qualitative analysis or linear and morphometric analysis in comparison with other plethodontid salamanders. This study demonstrates that while qualitative and quantitative analyses are successful at making …
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Aspectos da morfologia e biologia reprodutiva de uma população de Scinax argyreornatus em Majé, no Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)
… Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The morphology and the osteology of adults are described and discussed, as well as some notes on the natural history of the species including reproduction sites, breeding seasons, behavior, mating calls and clutch description. The morphology of the larvae is also …
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Filogenia e classificação dos peixes poecilióideos (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei)
… fishes. The analysis included characters of osteology and external morphology and resulted in a single most parsimonious tree with with 607 steps, consistency index 36 and retention index 72. The following topology was obtained: (Jenynsia multidentata ((Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Procatopus …
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Relações filogenéticas do complexo de espécies "Cichlasoma" facetum com clados da tribo Heroini (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
… The analysis is uniquely based on morpho-osteology of twenty-one species and includes five unpublished characters; the others are taken from KULLANDER 's phylogenetic study (1998) and previous studies, in a total of twenty-nine characters in seventeen terminal taxa. From the five equally …
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Revisão da hipótese de monofiletismo da família Aplocheilidae, Bleeker (Cyprinodontiformes - Aplocheiloidei)
… The analysis is based on morphology, primarily osteology, of 25 species. It includes 130 characters, of which 34 are new; 30 are personal communications by Costa and the remaining are from Parenti's (1981) and Costa's (1998 a and b) phylogenetic studies. The strict consensus tree obtained from …
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A functional morphological study of limb regression in some Southern African species of Scincidae (Reptilia : Sauria)
… meleagris(without any trace of limbs). The osteology and the myology of the locomotor apparatus are described for all members of this regression series with special reference to the axial system which has in the past received but scant attention compared with the appendicular apparatus. …
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