The Upright Ape: A New Origin of the Species
by Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD
Figure 8-6 Vertebral Processes in Mammals and the Neomorphic Laminapophysis
Figure 8-5 Structure of the Mammalian Laminapophysis
A – Muscle attachments on the laminapophysis.
B – Naming of vertebral structures in mammals.
C – Separate diarthrum (dorsal rib articulation) and laminapophysis in a monotreme and a hedgehog.
A/B/C - From: Filler, A. G. (1986). Axial Character Seriation in Mammals: An Historical and Morphological Exploration of the Origin, Development, Use and Current Collapse of the Homology Paradigm - PhD Thesis. Cambridge, Massachusetts - (Digital 2nd Printing: BrownWalker Press, Boca Raton, Florida 2007, 349 p), Harvard University.