Vertebral Morphology, Alternation of Neural Spine Height, and Structure in Permo-Carboniferous Tetrapods, and a Reappraisal of Primitive Modes of Terrestrial Locomotion

by Stuart Shigeo Sumida

Overview

In this volume the author examines the pervasive pattern of alternation of structure and height of vertebral neural spines in the context of a larger review of axial structure in the most terrestrial of primitive Permo-Carboniferous tetrapods. He concludes that a coupled pattern of axial dorsiflexion and rotation played a significant role in primitive terrestrial locomotion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520097551
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/18/1990
Series:	UC Publications in Zoology , #122
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.30(d)