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The following text reflects earlier scientific understanding of the term and of those animals which have constituted it. According to this understanding, invertebrates do not possess a skeleton of bone, either internal or external. They include hugely varied body plans. Many have fluid-filled, hydrostatic skeletons, like jellyfish or worms.
No bones of the limbs or other parts beyond the skulls and teeth have been attributed to Dinopithecus, so it is impossible to know its mode of locomotion for certain. However, as a papionin of very large size, it most probably spent a significant amount of time on the ground and moved quadrupedally.
Mythical headless creatures (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Legendary creatures with absent body parts" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
While the majority of the soft-bodied animals typically don't have any kind of skeleton, some do, mainly in the form of stiff cuticles (roundworms, water bears) or hydrostatic skeletons (annelids). [5] While lack of a skeleton typically restricts the body size of soft-bodied animals on land, marine representatives can grow to very large sizes.
Tengu – Legendary creatures with human and bird features in Japanese folklore. Tennin – Spiritual beings found in Japanese Buddhism that are similar to western angels, nymphs or fairies. Tikbalang – Tall, bony creatures with the features of a horse. Tiyanak – Vampiric creature in Philippine mythology that imitates the form of a child.
Hagfish are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, although they do have rudimentary vertebrae. [3] Hagfish are marine predators and scavengers [4] who can defend themselves against other larger predators by releasing copious amounts of slime from mucous glands in their skin. [5]
Tilberi – creations of witches from a rib bone and wool for the purpose of stealing milk; Tsukumogami – objects that come to life, of their own accord, after 100 years; Tulpa (Tibetan Buddhism) – creature brought to life through meditation; Tupilaq – large statues brought to life to serve witches and shamans
Despite their association, the vertebra shows no evidence of scavenging. The bone came from an individual azhdarchid pterosaur estimated to have had a wingspan of 5–5.5 m (16–18 ft). [ 11 ] However, while initially assigned to Quetzalcoatlus , Brian Andres and Wann Langston Jr (2021) regarded BMR P2002.2 as a putative azhdarchiform .