A urostyle (indicated by the arrow) is formed from the fusion of pelvic vertebrae and it makes a really cool-looking tri-branched shape with the frog's simplified pelvis. From Wordnik.com. [Update] Reference
Posteriorly the vertebral column terminates in the urostyle, a calcified unsegmented rod. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
As the tadpole approaches the frog stage the vertebral column in the tail is rapidly absorbed, and its vestiges appear in the adult as the urostyle. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
T., tibia. t.p., transverse process. ul., ulna. ur., urostyle. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
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