'Postcrania' in
zoology and
vertebrate paleontology refers to all or part of the
skeleton apart from the
skull. Frequently fossil remains, e.g. of
dinosaurs or other extinct
tetrapods, consist of partial or isolated skeletal elements, these are referred to as "postcrania". Sometimes there is disagreement over whether or not the skull and skeleton belong to the same or different animals, as in the case of the
Cretaceous sauropod skull ''
Nemegtosaurus'' found in association with the postcranial skeleton ''
Opisthocoelicaudia''.
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