The ontogenetic transformation of the mesosaurid tarsus: a contribution to the origin of the primitive amniotic astragalus

The hypotheses about the origin of the primitive amniotic tarsus are very speculative. Early studies argued that the origin of the astragalus, one of the largest proximal bones in the tarsus of basal amniotes, was produced by either the fusion of two, three, or even four of the original tarsal bones...

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Main Author:	Piñeiro Martínez, Graciela H. (author)
Other Authors:	Núñez Demarco, Pablo Andrés (author), Meneghel Morena, Melitta D. (author)
Format:	article
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Mesosaur ontogeny Astragalus formation Evolutionary studies Navicular origin Implicated groups Amniotes Non Amniotes
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/22601
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