Re: New Limbed Cretaceous Snake

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:21:22 -0300 Roberto Takata <rmtakata@gmail.com>
writes:
> On 4/20/06, Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu> wrote:
> > Uhhh...What about cetaceans?


> Well, they have the *forelimbs*...



Some taxa retain very rudimentary hind limbs (totally internal), although
not all individuals express them.


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