The middle limb segment of the pelvic free limb, between the autopod and stylopod segments. Includes as parts the hindlimb zeugopodial skeleton, which includes as parts the tibia and fibula, or their cartilage precursors, or evolutionary variants.
Comment:
[homology-note] "Most anatomists now agree that the three proximal bones of the tetrapod limbs are homologous to the two or three proximal elements of the paired fin skeleton of other sarcopterygians, that is the humerus-femur, radius-tibia, and ulna-fibula.[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0000348", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0198540472 Janvier P, Early vertebrates (1996) p.268", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}; [terminology-note] "Naming conventions for pod terms under discussion within phenoscape group. TODO - add distinct term for skeleton and place AAO class here"
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
crus; crus of hindlimb; hind limb middle limb segment; hind limb zeudopodium; hind limb zeugopod; hindlimb epipodium; hindlimb middle limb segment; hindlimb zeudopodium; hindlimb zeugopodium; intermediate segment of free lower limb; lower extremity middle limb segment; lower extremity zeugopod; lower leg; middle limb segment of hind limb; middle limb segment of hindlimb; shank; zeugopod of hind limb; zeugopod of hindlimb