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characteristics with
other artiodactyls,
including a four-chambered stomach, and a
paraxonic foot,
meaning that it
supports weight on the
third and
fourth digits....
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evolved mesaxonic feet
numerous times.
Terrestrial artiodactyls have a
paraxonic foot,
meaning that the
weight is
distributed on the
third and the fourth...
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preserved on first, second, and
fourth digits). The four-toed foot is
paraxonic (i.e.
central axis p****es
between the two
central digits), with all four...
- for
efficient running with the axis
between the
third and
fourth toes (
paraxonic); it
would have
looked something like a
hoofed paw.
Mesonychians varied...
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typical artiodactyl skeletal traits such as a double-pulley
ankle joint and
paraxonic ("even toed") feet with
weight split evenly between the two
middle toes...
- formation)
indicates they all had many
adaptations for running,
including paraxonic compressed feet with a
vestigial first digit,
lower sections of the limbs...
- hand or foot is more
dominant than the other, the
condition is
termed paraxonic.: 47–48
basal tubera The
basal tubera (singular:
basal tuber) or sphenoccipital...
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tarsal structure, the
apposition of the metapodials, and
reliance on the
paraxonic foot, i.e. the
weight is
supported on the
third and
fourth metapodial...
- was small. The foot of
Periptychus was plantigrade,
pentadactylous and
paraxonic in structure, with wide toes well
spaced apart, much like
those of the...
