• Metapodials are long bones of the hand (metacarpals) and feet (metatarsals) which connect the digits to the lower leg bones. In humans, five are present...
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  • slender long bones each called a metapodial. The metapodials of the hand are known as metacarpals, while the metapodials of the foot are known as metatarsals...
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    paleogenomic sequencing of a 700,000-year-old middle Pleistocene horse metapodial bone from Canada implies a more recent 4.07 Myr before present date for...
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    an older woman in Hungary mid fifth millennium BC. 12 Mountain hare metapodials were found in a Swedish grave from third millennium BC. The Tolai hare...
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    their necks during fights. The leg bones lack first, second and fifth metapodials.: 109  It appears that a suspensory ligament allows the lanky legs to...
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    paleogenomic sequencing of a 700,000-year-old middle Pleistocene horse metapodial bone from Canada implies a more recent 4.07 Myr before present date for...
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    paleogenomic sequencing of a 700,000-year-old middle Pleistocene horse metapodial bone from Canada implies a more recent 4.07 Mya for the most recent common...
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    paleogenomic sequencing of a 700,000-year-old middle Pleistocene horse metapodial bone from Canada implies a more recent 4.07 Myr before present date for...
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  • diamond-bearing locality labeled "Nova pit" the remains of a fragmentary metapodial bone that was identified as that of a primitive horse. In 2003, after...
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    paleogenomic sequencing of a 700,000-year-old middle Pleistocene horse metapodial bone from Canada implies a date of 4.07 million years ago (mya) for the...
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    553 lb) and 175.5–278.4 kilograms (387–614 lb). The third metatarsal (metapodial) bones are slender and similar to those of asses. H. francisci is thought...
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    paper also described a pair of fragments (a lower jaw fragment and a metapodial) and attributed them to Pseudaelurus sp. In 2010, a review of the Felidae...
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    Stock based his initial description on finds of skull fragments and metapodial bones from Smith Creek Cave in the Great Basin of Nevada. In 1937 he authored...
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    paleogenomic sequencing of a 700,000-year-old middle Pleistocene horse metapodial bone from Canada implies a more recent 4.07 Mya for the most recent common...
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    Females use horns mainly for stabbing. In bovids, the third and fourth metapodials are combined into the cannon bone. The ulna and fibula are reduced, and...
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    Wisconsin; the dextrosinistral limb ratio approaches unity although the metapodials on the downhill side are noticeably stouter." A special award, the Order...
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  • overall similar limb morphology, except for the metapodials. A study on the morphological diversity of metapodials of extant and fossil giraffids is published...
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    County. pp. 81–89. Willoughby, D.P. (1948). "A Statistical Study of the Metapodials of Equus occidentalis Leidy" (PDF). Bulletin of Southern Carolina Academy...
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    being lost), the increase in the size and robustness (thickness) of the metapodial elements of the outer digits, with the loss or reduction of the phalangeal...
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    770–13,957 YBP. Taxonomy uncertain. 15,770 Teufelsbrucke, Germany Proximal metapodial fragment and first phalanx dated 15,770–13,957. Taxonomy uncertain. 15...
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    development) with well-developed accessory, larval, pedal (blue), and a metapodial (green) retractor muscle. The total size is about 170 μm. o = operculum...
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    higher positioned nasal bones, a more vertical occiput, more massive metapodials and slightly longer forelimbs relative to hindlimbs. Large fossil tracks...
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  • PMID 22467529, S2CID 22907605 Tague, Robert G. (2002), "Variability of Metapodials in PrimatesWith Rudimentary Digits: Ateles geoffroyi, Colobus guereza...
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    the skull having more elevated eyesockets and the feet having shorter metapodial bones than H. amphibius. An analysis of nitrogen isotopes suggests that...
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    paleogenomic sequencing of a 700,000-year-old middle Pleistocene horse metapodial bone from Canada implies a more recent 4.07 Myr before present date for...
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    gracile limbs featuring "double-pulleyed" astragalus in the ankle long metapodials and four fused sacral vertebrae a pachyosteosclerotic (thick, heavy bone)...
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  • left femur and fibula, partial right tibia, and partial indeterminate metapodial. A titanosaur. Limaysaurus L. tessonei Villa El Chocón. Lower A rebbachisaurid...
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    ibex is a stocky animal with a tough neck and robust legs with short metapodials. Compared with most other wild goats, the species has a wide, shortened...
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    this characteristic to assist in foraging for vegetation. The paws (metapodials and phalanges) of Arctodus were characteristically long, slender, and...
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    14th-century wall decorations and graffiti, a floor made from cattle metapodials, and a traditional monastic garden. Locals claim the house is haunted...
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