Fig. 6 in Phylogenetic Analyses Of Postcranial Skeletal Morphology In Didelphid Marsupials

Fig. 6. Metachirus nudicaudatus (AMNH 267009) and Caluromys philander (AMNH 267001), lumbar vertebrae in dorsal view. In Metachirus the mammillary process (mp) of L3 is not anteriorly extended beyond the articulation with L2 (ch. 34[0]), whereas in Caluromys it is extended (ch. 34[1]). Scale bars: 10 mm.