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Vertebrate Evolution: The Grasping Hand The Grasping Hand

The grasping hand evolved in the common ancestor of all saurischian dinosaurs (on the green branches). The fingers of these dinosaurs differ in size and shape, but the hands of all of them had at least some grasping ability.

Apatosaurus

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