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following characters: "a very long and
narrow tarsometatarsus with
short trochleae for the
second and
fourth toes, a
tubercle next to the pons supratendineus...
- to a
grooved structure reminiscent of a pulley's wheel. Most commonly,
trochleae bear the
articular surface of
saddle and
other joints:
Trochlea of humerus...
- a
centralized position,
above the
upper ends of the
third and
fourth trochleae.
Phorusrhacids are
thought to have been
ground predators or scavengers...
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South Dakota UNSM 50665, a left
tarsometatarsus missing proximal end,
trochleae II and III. A
primitive hesperornithiform.
Dakotaraptor D.
steini South...
- left femur,
ectocondyle of
right tibiotarsus. Some
pedal phalanges and a
trochleae of
tarsometatarsus were also
referred to the type, but they haven't been...
- (as far as the
trochleae are preserved), and a
shaft that is 16.1 mm (0.63 in) wide near the
point where it
flares into the
trochleae. It was thus about...
- from
those of this
ratite (and most
other birds).
Above the
tibiotarsal trochleae of the
African bird, the bone was
considerably wider than the ankle, among...
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complete and even not very much abraded. Only on the
edges of the
outer trochleae does
significant material seem to be lost. Altogether, the bone is very...
- The
slanting of the
distal articular surfaces of the
second and
fourth trochleae metatarsorum may be an
indication that
Tonsala had spla**** toes, and possibly...
