A smaller coprolite Va2 unit shows a tridactyl, left foot impression of a perissodactyl. From Wordnik.com. [The Panda's Thumb: March 2006 Archives] Reference
"No, no, my dear Varian, not just a primitive herbivore of this planet, but an Earth-type herbivore, of the group perissodactyl.". From Wordnik.com. [Cattle Town] Reference
They name this clade Pegasoferae, a name derived by uniting Pegasus (in their view a sort of bat-perissodactyl combination) with Ferae (the name they use for the carnivoran + pangolin clade). From Wordnik.com. [We flightless primates] Reference
Bones of the foot of four different forms of the perissodactyl type 186 82. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
The fifth digit, for the same reasons as in the perissodactyl foot, first left the ground and became smaller. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
One leading to the existing perissodactyl foot, and the other, apparently later, resulting in the artiodactyl type. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
These animals, which are grouped with the horse among the ODD-TOED (perissodactyl) mammals, are now verging toward extinction. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
The tapirs are an ancient family which has changed but little since it separated from the other perissodactyl stocks in the early Tertiary. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
In the further reduction of the perissodactyl foot, the fifth digit, being shorter than the remaining three, next left the ground, and gradually disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
The plantigrade pentadactyl foot of the primitive Ungulate -- and even the perissodactyl foot that succeeded it -- both belong to the past humid period of the world's history. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
Bones of the foot of four different forms of the perissodactyl type, showing gradual reduction in the number of digits, coupled with a greater consolidation of the bones above the digits. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
The best instance of such progressive modifications in the case of perissodactyl feet is furnished by the fossil pedigree of the existing horse, because here, within the limits of the same continuous family line, we have presented the entire series of modifications. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference
"No, no, my dear Varian, not just a primitive herbivore of this planet, but an Earth-type herbivore, of the group perissodactyl. From Wordnik.com. [Dinosaur Planet]
They circled the sleeping perissodactyl. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Savage] Reference
"Yes, I know it's perissodactyl. From Wordnik.com. [Dinosaur Planet]
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