Fig. 9 in Re-Evaluation Of Morphological Characters Questions Current Views Of Pinniped Origins

Fig. 9. Claws and cartilaginous extensions on the flipper of pinnipeds (modified from Howell, 1930 and Taylor, 1989) of: A — otariids (small claws and large cartilaginous extensions); B — odobenids (cartilaginous extensions of the phalanx and the nails are reduced to small nodules); C — phocids (large claw, even without a small nodules of the cartilaginous extensions); D — lutrines (with well-developed claws).