Meanings
- not comparableBeneath the trochanter of the femur
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The hypotrochanteric fossa is extensive SI and ML, merging across a wide area with the gluteal crest (S1 Fig ), rather than being a distinct and narrow fossa that distinguishes the lateral wall of the femur from the weakly developed proximo-lateral buttress, as is typically seen when this feature is developed in AMH femora.
2015 December 18, “A Hominin Femur with Archaic Affinities from the Late Pleistocene of Southwest China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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