Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Pubis evolution


http://pterosaurheresies.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/prepubes588.jpg
Pterosaur pubis (in green) and prepubis (in yellow). The drawing of MPUM 6009 is the most relevant.




The pterosaur pubis (green) is homologous with the basal paraves superior pubic ramus and pubic body.
The pterosaur prepubis (yellow) is homologous with the basal paraves inferior pubic ramus.


http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/back-to-that-pterosaur-sacrum-pelvis/
pterosaurs also have a fourth pelvic bone in the form of the pre-pubis. This pair of bones (one for each side) lie, and no points for guessing this, in front of, and articulate with, the pubes.
http://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com/tag/pterosaur-evolution/page/6/
The prepubis of pterosaurs is a pelvic bone not found in the vast majority of tetrapods. It is not homologous with the prepubis of monotremes and marsupials. Nor is it homologous with the so-called “prepubic” bones of crocodilians, which are homologous with the pubic bones of other amniotes (Seeley 1901). The prepubis of ornithischian dinosaurs is a process of the pubis and not a separate ossification.
For example:
The pubis/prepubis parts of MPUM 6009 above, correspond to the 3 parts of the paraves pubis, as seen in the oviraptor pubis in drawing "C" below. 

http://qilong.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/caenagnathid-ilia.jpg?w=932&h=549




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