The phrase "a partial skeleton" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to anatomy, archaeology, or paleontology when referring to an incomplete set of bones.
Example: "The archaeologists discovered a partial skeleton buried beneath the ancient ruins, providing insights into the life of the civilization that once thrived there."
Alternatives: "an incomplete skeleton" or "a fragmentary skeleton".
It's a shock to see a partial skeleton with a caved-in skull and yellowing teeth.
Lucy, a partial skeleton of the species, was discovered in 1974.
A partial skeleton that came into Mr. Hendricks' possession was the impetus for what he calls his American Anatomy Series.
In 1834 a partial skeleton was found near Brighton that corresponded with Mantell's fragments from Tilgate Forest.
Lucy is a partial skeleton, about 40% complete, of a member of a species known as Australopithecus afarensis.
The central image is a composite of a toilet, widely associated with bulimics' self-induced vomiting, and a partial skeleton with the rib cage emphasized.
The lead researcher, Lee Berger, found the first specimen at Malapa in 2008 and subsequently found a partial skull and skeleton of a boy who was about 12 13 years old and a second partial skeleton of an older female.
Owen in 1861 described a second, partial, skeleton of a juvenile animal, that later was added to the collection of Elizabeth Philpot and today is registered in the Lyme Regis Museum as specimen LYMPH 1997.37.4-10.
In the present paper, a new partial skeleton of M. manchoukuoensis is described from a new site in the Jiufotang Formation of Qilinshan, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia.
The holotype consists of an articulated partial skeleton characterized by a broad, well-ossified skull lacking dermal ornamentation, eight procoelous presacral vertebrae, and posteriorly deflected, cylindrical sacral diapophyses; these features, together with the possible presence of a discrete palatine, are consistent with neobatrachian affinities.
It is known from a single partial skeleton representing the type specimen.
