Meanings
adjectivesacricostal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the sacrum and the ribs
The rib is separated from the anterior margin of the sacricostal yoke by a slit-like fenestra.
2015 October 15, “The Postcranial Skeleton of an Exceptionally Complete Individual of the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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