The earliest segmental sternum in a Permian synapsid and its implications for the evolution of mammalian locomotion and ventilation | Scientific Reports - Nature.com

Scientific Reports - The earliest segmental sternum in a Permian synapsid and its implications for the evolution of mammalian locomotion and ventilation

Sternal morphology in Synapsida The earliest-diverging synapsids, the paraphyletic pelycosaurs, do not preserve an ossified sternum in any known taxa23. However, a large, ossified interclavicle is a… [+19714 chars]

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