zeugopodia

zeugopodia

English

Noun

zeugopodia

1. plural of zeugopodium
   • 2015 July 16, “Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0128610:

     The remains are composed of 17 bones from the skull, 2 calcified endolymphs from the sacculus (Fig 5B ) and 7 mandibular bones; 72 presacral (23 centra and 49 neural arch elements) and 66 caudal (34 centra elements and 32 neural arch elements) vertebrae; 63 ribs (complete or partial); 8 pectoral bones; 66 limb bones (including 2 humeri, 6 zeugopodia; and 48 autopodial bones).