astragalocalcaneum

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From astragalo- +‎ calcaneum.

Noun

[edit]

astragalocalcaneum (plural astragalocalcaneums or astragalocalcanea)

  1. A fused astragalus and calcaneum
    • 2016 January 21, “The Oldest Jurassic Dinosaur: A Basal Neotheropod from the Hettangian of Great Britain”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      In Camposaurus arizonensis from the Norian of Arizona, USA, widely regarded as the oldest neotheropod[58 ,25 ], the distal fibula is fused to the distal tibia and to the fused astragalocalcaneum.