| Vertebral Morphology, Alternation of Neural Spine Height, and Structure in Permo-Carboniferous Tetrapods, and a Reappraisal of Primitive Modes of Terr Contributor(s): Sumida, Stuart Shigeo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520097556 ISBN-13: 9780520097551 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Fossils - Science | Paleontology - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 567 |
| LCCN: 90010885 |
| Series: Uc Publications in Zoology |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 7" W x 10" (0.61 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |