Myology of crocodiles III : Pelvic girdle and hindlimb

Myology of crocodiles III: Pelvic girdle and hindlimb Daisuke Suzuki*, Kentarou Chiba**, Yasuhira Tanaka*** and Shoji Hayashi**** *Department of Anatomy, Sapporo Medical University, Minami-1, Nishi-17, Chuou-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan (daisuke@sapmed.ac.jp); **Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-10, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporp 060-0810 (kchiba85@gmail.com); ***Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (tana_ko_raptor@hotmail. com); ****Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany (hayashi@ uni-bonn.de)

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