Dear Richard
I and anybody who saw this bone haven't thought about fusion of symetrical third phalanges.
I've looked again to the bone. I think you're right. But not from caprine. The caudal part of the
palmar face looks like pig.
And syndactyly is well known for pigs (singular species in question at the beginning of the XXth
century).
I will try to find a specimen.
Thanks a lot
Vianney Forest
En réponse à Richard Madgwick <[log in to unmask]> :
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> Dear Vianney,
>
> This looks like an example of syndactyle to me, where two
> terminal phalanges
> have fused. Probably
> caprine but it's a little difficult to tell.
>
> Richard
>
>
> Richard Madgwick
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> >>> Vianney FOREST <[log in to unmask]> 05/09/2007 08:12
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> Dear all,
>
> Here is a curious bone which don't come from any species of
> the Museum National
> d''Histoire
> Naturelle de Paris ?
>
> http://www.archeozoo.org/fr-article293.html
>
> VIe AD. French Catalunia (Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon)
>
> Equids : anormal lateral finger ?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Vianney Forest
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