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ZYGOSPONDYLE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Zygophiuroid articulation is a] type of articulation of [the] vertebrae in some ophiuroids in which [there] are several peg-and-socket joints that limit movement in [a] horizontal plane between [the] vertebrae (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les] éléments [qui] définissent le type vertébral dit "zygospondyle",(...) [favorisant] les mouvements dans le plan horizontal [chez un Ophiuroïde](...) sont présents dans les vertèbres les plus anciennes(...) : sur la face proximale de chacune d’elles, une saillie médiane dorsale(qui peut être dédoublée) et deux saillies ventro-latérales; sur la face distale, une saillie médiane ventrale et deux saillies dorso-latérales, chacune de ces saillies avec une fossette correspondante sur la face accolée.

Spanish

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