Figure 5 in The trouble with flippers: a report on the prevalence of digital anomalies in Cetacea

• Main Authors: Cooper, Lisa Noelle, Dawson, Susan D.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5444969; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5444969

Figure 5. Phalangeal fusion in tracing (A) and radiograph (B) of a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis, USNM 550041). C and D, accessory ossification in a dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima, USNM 550482). E and F, additional metacarpal ossification centre in an Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis, USNM 504736). G and H, metacarpal–phalangeal and interphalangeal fusion in Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europeus, USNM 504256). Scale bars: 1 cm. Key: metacarpals, dark grey; phalanges, light grey; cartilages, white; anomalous elements, black. Published as part of Cooper, Lisa Noelle & Dawson, Susan D., 2009, The trouble with flippers: a report on the prevalence of digital anomalies in Cetacea, pp. 722-735 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (3) on page 729, DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00454.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5444959