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rather than in
quadrupedal terrestrial primates.
Whales exhibit hyperphalangy.
Hyperphalangy is an
increase in the
number of
phalanges beyond the plesiomorphic...
- flippers.
Hyperphalangy was
present among extinct ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs.
Cetaceans are the sole
mammals to have
evolved hyperphalangy. Though...
- Catel–Manzke
syndrome Other names Hyperphalangy-clinodactyly of
index finger with
Pierre Robin syndrome...
- plesiosaurs, metriorhynchids), and
flightless aquatic birds such as penguins.
Hyperphalangy, or an
increase in the
number of
phalanges beyond ancestral mammal and...
-
fingers display a
proliferation of the
finger members, a so-called
hyperphalangy. The
shoulder joint is the only
functional joint in all
cetaceans except...
-
phalanges had increased, up to
eighteen in a row, a
phenomenon called hyperphalangy. The
flippers were not
perfectly flat, but had a
lightly convexly curved...
- an
increased number of phalanges, up to thirty, a
phenomenon called hyperphalangy, also
known from the Plesiosauria, mosasaurs, and the Cetacea. The high...
-
canid genus more
closely related to
wolves and jackals.
Whales exhibit hyperphalangy—an
increase in the
number of
phalanges beyond three phalanges-per-digit...
- astragalus,
sometimes the
astragalus and
distal tarsal four).[page needed]
Hyperphalangy (increased
number of
phalanges relative to the
ancestral condition)...
-
adaptations for a
burrowing lifestyle. The
first digit of the hand had
hyperphalangy (the
presence of
additional phalange bones).
Alifanov (1993), Gao and...
