-
relationship is to the
original five-digit model. In reptiles, the
limbs are
pentadactylous. Dogs and cats have
tetradactylous paws but the
dewclaw makes them pentadactyls...
- from lobe-finned fish
during the
preceding Devonian period,
became pentadactylous during the Carboniferous. The
period is
sometimes called the Age of...
- leptodactylous, monodactyly, oligodactyly, pamprodactyly, pentadactyl,
pentadactylous, pentadactyly, perissodactyl, polydactyly, pterodactyl, schizodactyly...
-
number of uses.
Certain animals retained 'primitive' forelimbs, such as
pentadactylous (five-fingered)
reptiles and primates. This has
mostly held true, but...
- leptodactylous, monodactyly, oligodactyly, pamprodactyly, pentadactyl,
pentadactylous, pentadactyly, perissodactyl, polydactyly, pterodactyl, schizodactyly...
- is also used to
communicate with
nearby groups.
Hands are
normally pentadactylous, with four
digits and a
rudimentary thumb.
Fingers have
large broad...
-
while the
fibula was small. The foot of
Periptychus was plantigrade,
pentadactylous and
paraxonic in structure, with wide toes well
spaced apart, much like...
