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postcranial skeletal pneumaticity: a standalone construct

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postcranial skeletalpneumaticity1 CONSTRUCTPostcranial skeletalO'CONNOR · PALEONTOLOGY

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Paleontology

air-filled spaces in bones behind the skull, created by air sacs, used to infer lung structure in fossil archosaurs.

In paleontology, postcranial skeletal pneumaticity refers to air-filled spaces in bones behind the skull, created by air sacs, used to infer lung structure in fossil archosaurs. This meaning comes from O'Connor (2006) in Journal of Morphology.[1]

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  1. O'Connor, P. M. (2006). Postcranial pneumaticity: An evaluation of soft-tissue influences on the postcranial skeleton and the reconstruction of pulmonary anatomy in archosaurs. Journal of Morphology, 267(10), 1199-1226. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10470

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