tibiotarsus
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The tibiotarsus is the large bone between the femur and the tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is the fusion of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia. A similar structure also occurred in the Mesozoic Heterodontosauridae. These small ornithischian dinosaurs were unrelated to birds and the similarity of their pes bones is best explained by convergent evolution. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibiotarsus ]
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- hindlimb bone
- tibiotarsus endochondral element
- develops_from some tibiotarsus cartilage element
- has_fused_element some tibia
- has_fused_element some tarsal bone