Meeting Abstract 67-5 Saturday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45 Evolution of the Archosaurian Shoulder Joint and the Flight Stroke of Archaeopteryx CARNEY, RM; University of South Florida ryanmcarney@gmail.com http://CarneyLab.org Archosaurs are a remarkable group of animals that exhibit a diverse locomotor repertoire at the shoulder (glenohumeral) joint, from quadrupedal alligators and dinosaurs to flying pterosaurs and birds. […]
sessions: Session 67
Earliest Evidence of Tail Regeneration in a Derived Fossil Squamate
Meeting Abstract 67-3 Saturday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15 Earliest Evidence of Tail Regeneration in a Derived Fossil Squamate ELSHAFIE, SJ; Univ. of California, Berkeley selshafie@berkeley.edu Caudal autotomy, the ability to shed the tail, is common among lizards as a defense mechanism to escape predation. This trait is a basal synapomorphy of Lepidosauria. About two-thirds of extant […]
Analyzing the Locomotion of a Stem Amniote Orobates pabsti
Meeting Abstract 67-2 Saturday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00 Analyzing the Locomotion of a Stem Amniote: Orobates pabsti NYAKATURA, J.A.; Humboldt University, Berlin john.nyakatura@hu-berlin.de http://www.nyakaturalab.com Understanding the locomotion of extinct vertebrates offers insight into their paleobiology and helps to conceptualize major transitions in vertebrate evolution. Reconstruction of a fossil’s locomotor behavior, however, remains problematic, because of the […]
A 320 million year old rayfin fish ahead of its time – A radically different skeletal design in the Paleozoic
Meeting Abstract 67-1 Saturday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45 A 320 million year old rayfin fish ahead of its time – A radically different skeletal design in the Paleozoic LUND, R.*; GROGAN, E. D.; JACOB, A.; St Josephs University, Philadelphia; St Josephs University, Philadelphia; St Josephs University, Philadelphia egrogan@sju.edu The actinopterygian fish nicknamed “Aphol” was a relatively […]
