puboischiofemoralis

English

Etymology

From pubo- +‎ ischiofemoralis.

Noun

puboischiofemoralis

1. A muscle that extends from the pubis to the femur in some reptiles
   • 2015 December 24, “A New Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a Unique Ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     In the basal ornithischian Lesothosaurus, Maidment and Barrett (2011) [61 ] reconstructed two slips of the femoral adductor musculature as originating on the ventral and dorsal edges of the ischial shaft, and placed the insertion of the puboischiofemoralis externus between them.