DOI: 10.1002/oa.3276 ISSN: 1047-482X
Conjoined first (atlas) and second (axis) cervical vertebrae in an eastern wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) from the Angel Site (1000–1400 CE, Indiana, USA)
Amanda Anne Burtt, Della Collins Cook - Archeology
- Anthropology
- Archeology
Abstract
Atlantoaxial abnormalities are rarely documented among wild animals. Many defects of segmentation in the spine are hereditary in domestic species and humans. Here, we present a block vertebra in an eastern wapiti (