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a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal
carefully reconstructed the vertebral column of the dinosaur
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When bending to lift from the floor, force is exerted by the lower back muscles and the vertebral column is the pivot point.
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Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2024
The researchers dug up a partial vertebral column, composed of 27 vertebrae in total, from a mine in the Kutch District in Gujarat State on India’s western coast.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
The researchers followed up in 2022 with a reconstructed 3D model, extrapolating the dimensions from a megalodon specimen (a vertebral column) in Belgium.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
So to determine the complexity of a vertebral column, McShea measured how different the individual vertebrae were from one another along six separate dimensions-- length, thickness at the thickest point, and so on.
—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
His premise was straightforward: a vertebral column consisting of, say, 20 vertebrae, all of them identical, is a simple vertebral column.
—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
What scientists discovered was the whale suffered a catastrophic blunt force traumatic injury, impacting the vertebral column.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2023
These include the shape of the chevrons, a series of bones underneath the vertebral column that many reptiles possess.
—Jon Tennant, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2015
The researchers used a megalodon vertebral column from Belgium, a tooth from the United States, and the chondrocranium – the cartilaginous equivalent of a skull – from a great white shark to build their 3D skeleton.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022
Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2024
The researchers dug up a partial vertebral column, composed of 27 vertebrae in total, from a mine in the Kutch District in Gujarat State on India’s western coast.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
The researchers followed up in 2022 with a reconstructed 3D model, extrapolating the dimensions from a megalodon specimen (a vertebral column) in Belgium.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
So to determine the complexity of a vertebral column, McShea measured how different the individual vertebrae were from one another along six separate dimensions-- length, thickness at the thickest point, and so on.
—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
His premise was straightforward: a vertebral column consisting of, say, 20 vertebrae, all of them identical, is a simple vertebral column.
—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
What scientists discovered was the whale suffered a catastrophic blunt force traumatic injury, impacting the vertebral column.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2023
These include the shape of the chevrons, a series of bones underneath the vertebral column that many reptiles possess.
—Jon Tennant, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2015
The researchers used a megalodon vertebral column from Belgium, a tooth from the United States, and the chondrocranium – the cartilaginous equivalent of a skull – from a great white shark to build their 3D skeleton.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022
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