11. Like this archosaur, basal pterosaur lineages have plantigrade hindlimbs that show adaptations for saltitation. 12. Didelphimorphs have a plantigrade stance ( feet flat on the ground ) and the hind prehensile tails. 13. It is a partially plantigrade animal whose soles are thickly padded and naked up to the wrists. 14. Like other pantodonts, " Barylambda " was a heavyset, five-toed plantigrade animal. 15. In appearance, it was more slender and more plantigrade than an elephant, its closest modern relative. 16. In contrast, most caniforms are terrestrial, have non-retractile claws and tend to be plantigrade . 17. The linkage was first shown in Paris on the Exposition Universelle ( 1878 ) as " The Plantigrade Machine ". 18. If the substrate is suitable, the larva will metamorphoses into the juvenile form, plantigrade , and attach byssus threads. 19. This is different from later barbourofelids, which are believed to have had semi-plantigrade or semi-digitigrade stances. 20. The primary advantages of a plantigrade foot are stability and weight-bearing ability; plantigrade feet have the largest surface area.
