How To Use Plantigrade In A Sentence
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The veterinarian, however, disputed his point of view, noting that the tracks belonged to a dog of plantigrade characteristics arising from a deformation.
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Hystricids are plantigrade, that is, they place the full sole of the foot on the ground when they walk.
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It was formerly classed with the racoons, which it superficially resembles; and, as Jerdon remarks, it may be considered as a sort of link between the plantigrade and digitigrade carnivora.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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The supposed stegosaurian track Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994 (Middle Jurassic of England) is sauropod-like, elongate and plantigrade, but many blunt-toed, digitigrade, large ornithopod-like footprints (including pedal print cast associated with the manus of Stegopodus Lockley & Hunt, 1998) from the Upper Jurassic of Utah, better fit the stegosaurian foot pattern.
Neoceratopsian publications for 2008
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All feet have four digits, each with a heavy and sharp claw, and the posture of these animals is plantigrade.
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A heel raise was not routinely used unless the ankle had not been positioned in a plantigrade position after the change of cast at 4 weeks.
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The legs are short, and the feet are plantigrade and have 5 toes.
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The next thing to observe is, that the disposition of bones in the case of the bear is such that the animal walks in the way that has been called plantigrade. That is to say, all the bones of the fingers, as well as those of the toes, feet, and ankles, rest upon the ground, or help to constitute the “soles.” Our own feet are constructed on a closely similar pattern. But in the majority of living mammalian forms this is not the case. For the majority of mammals are what has been called digitigrade.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions
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Because human legs obviously work well for humans, Russell & Séguin proposed that human-like legs would also work for a human-like dinosauroid, and they gave the creature plantigrade feet.
Dinosauroids revisited
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The legs are short, and the feet are plantigrade and have 5 toes.
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Mustelids are plantigrade or digitigrade, and their feet have five toes.
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We observed that they were no longer capable of plantigrade walking even after several weeks of locomotor training.
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A plantigrade (feet on the ground) posture allows easy travel through deep snow.
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His hind-feet are plantigrade, that is, they rest upon the ground from heel to toe; and his back curves like the segment of a circle.
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North
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His hind feet are plantigrade, that is, they rest upon the ground from heel to toe; and his back curves like the segment of a circle.
Popular Adventure Tales
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This occurred in four patients, all in group 2, in whom a plantigrade position had not been reached at that stage because of pain.
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“By this point, for both Ada and myself, our beloved plantigrade was a painful sight” (in reference to a stuffed bear). alopecia.
More Vocabulary from Eco « So Many Books
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It failed to inform anyone about the arrival of the bears, it failed to apply any protocol for helping them and squandered a large part of the grant it received from the European Union for promotion and protection of the plantigrade.
Hell in the Pyrenees
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In the pentadactyl plantigrade foot of the early mammals, the first digit, being the shortest, was the first to leave the ground, to dwindle, and finally to disappear.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions
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The supposed stegosaurian track Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994 (Middle Jurassic of England) is sauropod-like, elongate and plantigrade, but many blunt-toed, digitigrade, large ornithopod-like footprints (including pedal print cast associated with the manus of Stegopodus Lockley & Hunt, 1998) from the Upper Jurassic of Utah, better fit the stegosaurian foot pattern.
Neoceratopsian publications for 2008
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The supposed stegosaurian track Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994 (Middle Jurassic of England) is sauropod-like, elongate and plantigrade, but many blunt-toed, digitigrade, large ornithopod-like footprints (including pedal print cast associated with the manus of Stegopodus Lockley & Hunt, 1998) from the Upper Jurassic of Utah, better fit the stegosaurian foot pattern.
Neoceratopsian publications for 2008
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The eyes are usually very small, the feet are plantigrade and have five digits, and neither the hallux or pollex is opposable.
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It is caused in part by prolonged hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) and results in dysfunction of one or both tibial nerves and a plantigrade stance (down on the hocks).
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A mammal – characterised by its large body with stocky legs, long snout and plantigrade paws – will, by preference, drop its faeces within a forested area.
Don’t Worry World, Jeff Goldblum Isn’t Dead Yet
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Feet are plantigrade with five partially webbed toes.
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Sure enough, after the four plantigrade toes, he went for the dewclaw.
Grouse Diary Entry
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Valentine and Estroltch - two males - are fascinating to watch because of their plantigrade feet, which means both heel and toe make contact with the ground, causing them to walk like humans.
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Sure enough, after the four plantigrade toes, he went for the dewclaw.
Grouse Diary Entry
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Erinaceids can be identified by their dental formula, complete zygomatic arches (the jugal is present), eyes and ears of moderate size, and plantigrade foot posture.
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Two to three weeks after a complete section of the spinal cord at Tl 3, cats can make plantigrade contact and sustain the weight of their hindquarters.
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Fingers pointing diagonally forward and laterally, sprawling forelimbs, plantigrade feet.
Life's Time Capsule: Questions about Pterosaurs #1
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The well-known plantigrade tread of bears is a primitive characteristic which has survived from their creodont ancestry.
The Elements of Geology
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A skinned bear carcass resembles a human corpse; and, because the bear is a plantigrade animal with broad soles and five digits, imprints left by its paws resemble human footprints more than those of other animals.
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They were all short-legged and plantigrade (walking on the soles of their feet), and they had five toes on each foot, a primitive feature.
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The eyes are usually very small, the feet are plantigrade and have five digits, and neither the hallux or pollex is opposable.
