paradiapophyseal

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ diapophyseal.

Adjective

paradiapophyseal (not comparable)

1. That covers the diapophysis
   • 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^[1], →DOI:

     This buttress bifurcates ventrally forming a prominent PCDL which extends to the centrum, and a faint but distinct ridge that extends to the anterodorsal margin of the parapophysis, in the equivalent position of the paradiapophyseal lamina (PPDL; [30 ]; Fig 19C ).

Related terms

• paradiapophysis