TARSAL RANKING. “Recent studies, and the present paper indicate that evolving foot form is replete with apomorphic characters, and moreover, that these can be keyed to reasonable functional and adaptive roles. Gregory (1910) perceptively recognized the potential importance of characters of the feet, particularly tarsals, even ranking them above teeth!” (Apomorphic = unique species trait).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022