Talk:propygostylar

RFV discussion: June–December 2016

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• Google Books = 1 result (I already added the quotation in the entry)
• Google Scholar = 3 results:
  1. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0089737
  2. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jav.00801/abstract
  3. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126791

--Daniel Carrero (talk) 09:17, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Daniel Carrero: It it, just about. Here are two more citations:

1. 2013 October 4th, Ryan N. Felice and Patrick M. O’Connor, “Ecology and Caudal Skeletal Morphology in Birds: The Convergent Evolution of Pygostyle Shape in Underwater Foraging Taxa” in PLoS ONE IX, № 2: e89737 (publ. 26th February 2014), § 2: ‘Materials and Methods’, sub-§ 2.2: «Skeletal Morphology and Analytical Approaches»:

   These metrics were collected at three serial positions within the caudal vertebral series. The first (i.e. post-synacral) free caudal vertebra, the vertebra halfway along the length of the caudal series, and the last (i.e. propygostylar) free caudal vertebra.

2. 2015 January 5th, Han Hu et al., “A New Species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China Suggests a Specialized Scansorial Habitat Previously Unknown in Early Birds” in PLoS ONE X, № 6: e0126791 (publ. 3rd June 2015), § 4: ‘Results’, sub-§ 4.7: «Description», sub-sub-§ 4.7.2: ‹Vertebral Column and Ribs›:

   A caudal vertebra appears partially incorporated into the pygostyle as the propygostylar vertebra; the transverse processes are still identifiable.

I have seen no evidence of this word used as a noun. It is, I believe, an adjective. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 10:09, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

RFV passed as an adjective. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 09:45, 10 December 2016 (UTC)