postcranial

American  

[pohst-krey-nee-uhl] / poʊstˈkreɪ ni əl /

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. located posterior to the head.

2. pertaining to or involving parts of the body that lie posterior to the head.

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Etymology

Origin of postcranial

First recorded in 1910–15; post- + cranial

Example Sentences

With their excellent preservation, the cranial, dental, and postcranial remains have been the subjects of extensive biological and morphological comparisons across Eurasia.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

"It appears that the inner ear provides a unique record of the evolutionary history of ape locomotion that offers an invaluable alternative to the study of the postcranial skeleton."

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

But Brunet’s team didn’t give it a serious analysis until 2017 when a specialist in postcranial bones, Guillaume Daver, began to study it with Poitiers paleoanthropologist Franck Guy.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 24, 2022

How much of the organism’s is known?: A nearly-complete skull and additional postcranial bones.

From Scientific American • Dec. 16, 2017

Paleontologist Anna Gillespie and colleagues named this new species of "marsupial lion" from a nearly-complete skull and additional postcranial bones found in the 26-19 million year old deposits of Australia's Riversleigh World Heritage Area.

From Scientific American • Dec. 16, 2017