A broader look at the entire group of Temnospondyli does not show a clear trend with respect to pentadactyly, either, and suggests that the number of digits was not phylogenetically constrained.
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Pentadactyl manus of the Metoposaurus krasiejowensis from the Late Triassic of Poland, the first record of pentadactyly among Temnospondyli.
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