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. 2014 Jul 12;225(3):271–297. doi: 10.1111/joa.12216

Table 1.

Homologies of the antebrachial musculature of archosaurs, lepidosaurs, and testudines.

Muscle Aves (Baumel et al. 1993) Crocodylia (Meers, 2003) Lepidosauria (Russell & Bauer, 2008) Testudines (Walker, 1973)
Anconeus Ectepicondylo-ulnaris Flexor Ulnaris Anconeus quartus Extensor carpi ulnaris (part)
Extensor carpi ulnaris Extensor carpi ulnaris Absent Extensor carpi ulnaris Extensor carpi ulnaris (part)
Supinator Supinator Supinator Supinator longus Tractor radii
Extensor carpi radalis Extensor carpi radialis Extensor carpi radialis longus Extensor carpi radialis superficialis Extensor carpi radialis superficialis
Abductor radialis Absent Abductor radialis Extensor carpi radialis intermedius and profundus Extensor carpi radialis intermedius and profundus
Abductor pollicis longus Extensor longus alulae Extensor carpi radialis brevis Supinator manus Supinator manus
Extensor digitorum longus Extensor digitorum communis Extensor carpi ulnaris longus Extensor digitorum longus Extensor digitorum communis
Pronator teres Pronator superficialis Pronator teres Pronator teres Pronator teres
Pronator accessorius Pronator profundus Absent Pronator accessorius Absent
Pronator quadratus Ulnometacarpalis ventralis Pronator quadratus Pronator profundus Pronator profundus
Epitrochleoanconeus Entepicondylo-ulnaris Absent Epitrochleo-anconeus Flexor carpi ulnaris (part)
Flexor carpi ulnaris Flexor carpi ulnaris Flexor carpi ulnaris Flexor carpi ulnaris Flexor carpi ulnaris
Flexor digitorum longus superficialis Flexor digitorum longus superficialis Flexor digitorum longus pars humeralis Flexor digitorum longus (humeral head) Palmaris longus
Flexor digitorum longus profundus Flexor digitorum longus profundus Flexor digitorum longus pars ulnaris Flexor digitorum longus (ulnar head) Flexor digitorum longus