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Table 1 Presence and condition of different pectoral girdle elements across amphisbaenian families

From: Pectoral myology of limb-reduced worm lizards (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) suggests decoupling of the musculoskeletal system during the evolution of body elongation

 

Suprascapulae

Clavicles

Sternum

Scapulocoracoids

Bipedidae

calcified

bony

cartilaginous

bony

Blanidae

–

ossified

cartilaginous

ossified

Trogonophidae

–

–

cartilaginous

bony

Amphisbaenidae

–

–

–

bony

Rhineuridae

–

–

–

–