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The problem of the protetrapod pentadactyl limb still remains under discussion. Different forms among sarcopterygians have been claimed to possess the archetype of such a limb (Jarvik, 1980; Rosen et al, 1981). Sometimes the possibility of reconstruction of this prototype on the evidence from fish fins has been rejected (Rackoff, 1980).
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Vorobyeva, E.I. (1991). The Fin-Limb Transformation: Palaeontological and Embryological Evidence. In: Hinchliffe, J.R., Hurle, J.M., Summerbell, D. (eds) Developmental Patterning of the Vertebrate Limb. NATO ASI Series, vol 205. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3310-8_44
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