thighbone Meaning & Definition

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  • Not only his thighbone but his heart would be broken.

  • The second and better one underneath is probably a femur thighbone and is wholly 95 cm long and, in the middle, also 15 cm thick.

  • Another paratype is the thighbone of a probably smaller individual.

  • When the material described in 1985 is added, the main missing elements are the shoulder girdle and the thighbone.

  • The thighbone is short, robust and straight with a low fourth trochanter positioned below the midpoint of the shaft.

  • The thighbone is short and broad, with often a narrow waist and an expanded lower end.

  • A fourth autapomorphy is that the thighbone lacks a neck between its head and the shaft.

  • The holotype thighbone has a length of 201 millimetres.

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