Figure 3: Postcranial bones of Cambaytherium thewissi and, Kalitherium sp. | Nature Communications

Figure 3: Postcranial bones of Cambaytherium thewissi and, Kalitherium sp.

From: Early Eocene fossils suggest that the mammalian order Perissodactyla originated in India

Figure 3

(a) Proximal right humerus (medial view, GU 809). (b) Distal right humerus (anterior and distal views, GU 834). (c) Right radius (proximal, posterior, distal views, GU 274). (d) Right ulna (anterior and medial views, GU 7005). (e) Distal right femur (GU 198). (f) Sacrum (Kalitherium?, GU 8001). (g) Reconstructed right manus (dorsal view of MC II–V and phalanges, positions uncertain; multiple individuals). (h) Left MT III (proximal and posterior views, GU 735). (i) Left calcaneus (dorsal and lateral views, WIF/A-1190). (j) Right astragalus (dorsal and ventral views, GU 780). AF, astragalar foramen; DPC, deltopectoral crest; GT, greater tuberosity; MC I, facet on MC II for first metacarpal; MT I, facet on MT III for vestigial MT I; NF, navicular facet; PAA, posterior astragalar articulation; STF, supratrochlear foramen; TR, trochlea; UF, ulnar facet. Scale bars, 2 cm.

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