dorsal vertebra

They may also be known as 'dorsal vertebrae', in the human context.

It is known from only a single dorsal vertebra.

The first six dorsal vertebrae had fused into a notarium.

Eight dorsal vertebrae are preserved, with a total length of 52 millimetres.

Twelve or thirteen dorsal vertebrae are present and three sacrals.

It consists of only eleven cervical and five dorsal vertebrae with some ribs.

It consists of a series of three posterior dorsal vertebrae.

The last three dorsal vertebrae had no ribs.

There are tall neural spines on the cervical and dorsal vertebrae.

Most of these fossils preserve skulls and dorsal vertebrae, but rarely any other bones.

Compared to embolomeres, it has fewer dorsal vertebrae and much larger limbs relative to its body.

It also lacks the fusion between the neural spines of the second and third dorsal vertebrae.

However, the reassignment of the dorsal vertebrae on which the diagnosis was based would render it invalid.

The mid dorsal vertebrae carried rather high spines.

Avalonnectes is a small-bodied rhomaleosaurid with 18-19 dorsal vertebrae.

The dorsal vertebrae above the shoulders had extra long spines to support the huge neck muscles needed to carry the heavy skull.

In reptiles, all trunk vertebrae carry ribs and are called dorsal vertebrae.

The spine of the thirteenth dorsal vertebra has only been partly preserved, its upper and lower ends having broken off.

Touchstone was unusual in having 19 dorsal vertebrae and a segment of a nineteenth rib on each side, which contributed to his long back.

The rear dorsal vertebrae bear long spines from which perhaps ligaments ran to the front, to balance the high frill.

Its skull was similar in size and morphology to Basilosaurus, but unlike it had no elongated dorsal vertebrae.

The specimens consist of three teeth, a basicranium, a dorsal vertebra, spikes and scutes.

It includes the forelimbs, hind limbs, hips, ribs, dorsal vertebrae, and much of the tail.

They also had very wide dorsal vertebrae with wing-like side processes, and extremely wide rib cages.