RE: what are gastralia?

["Moody, Scott" <Moody@mail.oucom.ohiou.edu>]

To answer your questions please refer to A. S. Romer's Osteology of the 
Reptiles, 1956, pages 429-433, for a thorough discussion and comparative 
review.  Gastralia probably have evolved independently several times.

Moody@mail.oucom.ohiou.edu
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>From: dinosaur
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: what are gastralia?
Date: Monday, June 19, 1995 9:17AM

Lambert's book "The Ultimate Dinosaur Book" has a short sentence saying that
belly ribs are gastralia..with no more explanation.  What are they?  What
were they connected to?  What animals were they found in?  I've never 
noticed
them in any drawings or reconstructions...maybe I haven't looked hard 
enough.
 Any information would be appreciated.

Marilyn