FIG. 3 in Model-based analysis of postcranial osteology of marsupials from the Palaeocene of Itaboraí (Brazil) and the phylogenetics and biogeography of Metatheria

FIG. 3. — Juvenile to adult ontogenetic series, from left to right, of five left femora and humeri of Didelphis virginiana; A, proximal view of femora; B, distal view of femora; C, distal view of humeri. Abbreviations: fgqf, femoral groove for quadriceps femoris; fgtr, femoral greater trochanter; fhd, femoral head; ficfo, femoral intercondylar fossa; flc, femoral lateral condyle; fltr, femoral lesser trochanter; fmc, femoral medial condyle; fptcr, femoral paratrochanteric crest; hcap, humeral capitulum; hlec, humeral (lateral) ectepicondyle; hlfcap, humeral lateral flange of capitulum; hpmcr, humeral posteromedial crest; hmec, humeral (medial) entepicondyle; hplcr, humeral posterolateral crest; htr, humeral trochlea; HuRa, humeroradial facet; HuUl, humeroulnar facet; HuUlz, zonal humeroradial; rasgr, groove for radial sesamoid. Scale bar: 4 mm.