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Vertebrate Evolution: Three-Fingered Hand Three-Fingered Hand

The three-fingered hand evolved in the common ancestor of all tetanuran dinosaurs (on the green branches). The hands of most of these dinosaurs may have had an improved grasping ability.

Tyrannosaurus rex

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