postcranial
Americanadjective
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located posterior to the head.
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pertaining to or involving parts of the body that lie posterior to the head.
Etymology
Origin of postcranial
Example Sentences
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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
The incorporation of postcranial anatomy therefore seems crucial to fully assess the ecology, disparity, and relationships of crocodylomorphs.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023
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
Intriguingly, in contrast to the postcranial bones, none of the skull bones show tooth marks.
From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2012
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