Caudipteryx has short forelimbs and a feathered manus and is likely to have been a secondarily flightless bird. |
The variance in the general build of the manus and pes is presumably due to scaling with respect to the wide range in body sizes seen among synapsids. |
The canoe received new iakos, new splashboards, and new manus fore and aft. |
Consequently, ETA should be described as the longa manus of Minoan, operating as a representative of Minoan, as an intermediary who acts exclusively on behalf of Minoan and does not undertake business on its own account. |
Therefore, taxonomic designation based on only manus prints would be premature without associated pes impressions. |
In lepidosaurs, crocodilians, and birds the medial border or epicondyle of the humerus is the origin for the major flexors of the manus and carpus. |