How do the phalanges and metacarpals differ in vertebrates?
All vertebrates have the same basic template of bones. The two main orders of ungulates (hoofed mammals) have elongated phalanges and metacarpals; all ungulates have lost the first metacarpal. Sea lions have relatively long metacarpals and phalanges that form a broad paddle.
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