postcraniumn.
/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkreɪnɪəm/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈkreɪniəm/ Zoology and Anatomy.
The skeleton beyond the cranium, comprising the bones of the trunk and limbs; (also) an element or part of this.
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1960 Evolution 14 208 Seymouria is a central genus of the suborder Seymouriamorpha, a line of anthracosaurs which is characterized by an extremely reptile-like postcranium but persistently amphibian dermal bone pattern and otic notch.
1979 Nature 15 Feb. 560/2 Because most specimens are represented by postcrania alone..it has been almost impossible to map the distribution of sub-familial taxa.
2000 Nature 15 June 753/2 The early Holocene Ballaugh animal has a very large skull compared with its postcrania.
2005 Gait & Posture 21 113 A basal ancestral species, Australopithecus afarensis, exhibits a well-preserved postcranium that permits reconstruction of important events in the evolution of our locomotor skeleton.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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