Hi, Tony:
You might look at:
A. Brazier Howell, 1929, Contribution to the comparative anatomy of the
eared and earless seals (genera Zaolphus and Phoca). Proceedings of the
United States National Museum Vol. 75, Art. 15, pp. 1-142.
Page 26 and page 42 have useful illustrations of distal limb elements.
You might also look at:
H. Randall Robinette and Howard J. Staines, 1970, Comparative Study of the
calcanea of the pinnipedia, Journal of Mammalogy Vol 51, No. 3, pp. 527-541.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Roger Colten
At 12:46 PM 2/15/2005 +0000, Gouldwell, A.J. wrote:
>Dear folks,
>
>I am looking for illustrations of pinnipedian feet, fore and aft to help
>sort and name as far as possible carpals, tarsals, metapodials and
>phalanges. In the absence of suitably detailed diagrams of seals I have
>been using illustrations of fissipede feet for comparison, employing an
>ambitious degree of intuition. If anyone is able to direct me to suitable
>diagrams of phocoid osteology, then I would be most grateful.
>
>Best wishes,
>Tony.
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