A history of digit identification in the manus of theropods (including Aves)

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    Abstract

    The identification of avian and dinosaurian digits remains one of the major controversies in vertebrate evolution. A long history of morphological interpretations of fossil forms and studies of limb development in embryos has been given as evidence for two differing points of view. From an originally pentadactyl forelimb, either digits I, II and III form in the manus of birds and thus support a dinosaurian ancestry, or digits II, III and IV form in the manus supporting a more ancient ancestry or an evolutionary frameshift. A review of the history of research into the subject is presented here, dating from approximately 1825 to 2009.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelDinosaurs and other extinct saurians : a historical perspective
    RedaktørerR. T. J. Moody, E. Buffetaut, D. Naish, D. M. Martill
    Antal sider11
    ForlagGeological Society
    Publikationsdatonov. 2010
    Sider265-275
    ISBN (Trykt)978-1-8623-9311-0
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - nov. 2010
    NavnGeological Society Special Publication
    Nummer343
    ISSN0305-8719

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