Supposed lacertilian tracks have been reported from a single site in the Navajo. |
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Certain lacertilian species such as the lacertid, and insects such as the mantis, possess a third eye, known as the parietal eye. |
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Of greatest interest here, however, is the function of the lacertilian mesotarsal joint. |
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In this pattern the tarsus of diadectids most closely approximates the lacertilian mesotarsal joint in structure and probable function. |
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Therefore, following the convention used by Rewcastle, the immobile, unified lacertilian crus-astragalocalcaneum will be referred to here as simply the crus. |
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The lacertilian Gosse, ubiquitous post mortem as he was in egregious life, is expectedly present. |
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Nearly all of these involve caudal luring whereby tail motions mimic invertebrate larvae and serve as lures, typically for lacertilian prey. |
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