Branched carpals and distal elements interpreted as digits or putative digits
“Branched carpals and distal elements interpreted as digits or putative digits” is a descriptive trait phrase used by 1 curated taxon profile(s); it is not a normalized ontology term or an independent homology judgment.
Trait phrases come from editorial taxon profiles; specimen attribution, definitions, homology and coding scale require verification before comparative use.
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Content packagetetrapod-transition
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References
- Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate handCloutier, R.; Clement, A.M.; Lee, M.S.Y.; et al. · 2020 · DOI 10.1038/s41586-020-2100-8