ANATOMICAL NOMENCLATURE OF FOSSIL VERTEBRATES: STANDARDIZED TERMS OR ‘LINGUA FRANCA’?

By JEFFREY A. Wilson. 2006

112 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Geometry and Topology, Paleontology

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In Geometry and Topology

1. Gustavo A. Correa
2. D. Abelin
3. Paula Santi Malnis
4. M. D'emic
5. R. Araújo
6. R. Martínez
7. A. Otero
8. Yvonne Wilson

In Paleontology

1. J. Sertich
2. A. Turner
3. D. Pol
4. O. Mateus
5. M. D'emic
6. D. Krause
7. R. Araújo
8. Christophe Hendrickx

Citations in the corpus

• The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs (2012, background): “Anatomical nomenclature is ‘Romerian,’ following that traditionally applied to reptiles (Wilson, 2006).”
• Osteology of Eoraptor lunensis (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) (2012, methodology): “We employ traditional, or ‘Romerian,’ directional terms over veterinarian alternatives (Wilson, 2006).”
• Vertebrate Succession in the Ischigualasto Formation (2012, methodology): “We employ traditional, or ‘Romerian,’ directional terms over veterinarian alternatives (Wilson, 2006).”
• A New Species of Camptosaurus (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, and a Biomechanical Analysis of Its Forelimb (2008, background): “Muscle terminology is Romerian, following the arguments set forth by Wilson (2006), and is based largely on Meers (2003).”
• The distribution of dental features in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: Taxonomic potential, degree of homoplasy, and major evolutionary trends (2019, methodology): “When referred to cranial and mandibular bones, the non-standardized traditional Owenian/Romerian directional and anatomical terms (Harris, 2004; Wilson, 2006) were favored over the terminology of the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (ICVGAN, 2012) and the Nomina Anatomica Avium (Baumel, 1993), because…”
• Postcranial Anatomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) (2013, methodology): “Terminology—Anatomical terminology used herein follows traditional or ‘Romerian’ directional terms (e.g., anterior, posterior) (Wilson, 2006) for composite structures of the skeleton (e.g., anterior/posterior caudal vertebrae).”
• Craniofacial Morphology of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar (2010, background): “The potential advantages and disadvantages of adopting a standardized system of anatomical nomenclature for all non-human tetrapods continue to be debated in the literature (see Harris, 2004 , and Wilson, 2006 , for recent reviews).”