Sacral co‐ossification in dinosaurs: The oldest record of fused sacral vertebrae in Dinosauria and the diversity of sacral co‐ossification patterns in the group
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DOI: 10.1111/joa.13356
Abstract: The fusion of the sacrum occurs in the major dinosaur lineages, i.e. ornithischians, theropods, and sauropodomorphs, but it is unclear if this trait is a common ancestral condition, or if it evolved independently in each… read more here.
Keywords: sacral vertebrae; oldest record; ossification; fusion ... See more keywords