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Figure 4.18. Box plot of metacarpal head shapes [HSV = ln(DEW/DED)] of<br />

plesiadapids. Note that the metacarpal heads undoubtably attributed to plesiadapids are<br />

relatively mediolaterally wide compared to the “set 2” MC II-IV. However, the “set 1”<br />

MC II-III and MC V are closer to or in the range of those of certain plesiadapids. Even<br />

though the “set 2” MC V head is in the range of known plesiadapids, cluster and principal<br />

component analyses effectively rule it out as belonging to P. cookei.<br />

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