How many bones does a dolphin have?

Question

The bones in a skeliton of a Dolphin.

Answer 1

Dolphin's basic skeleton has undergone a number of changes and the exact number of bones among the species could vary.

Its skeleton may contain the following:
>>Backbone: about 52 bones
>>Skull - about 34 bones
>>Ribs - 30 bones (15 pairs)
>>Sternum
>>Fore Limbs (Pectoral fins) - about 60 bones.
>>Hind Limbs - 2 bones (traces of the pelvic girdle, the femur maybe buried deep inside the abdominal blubber and muscle.)
>>Dorsal Fins - no bones
>>Flukes - boneless
>>Teeth - as many as 252 teeth,some can have as few as 4 to 14 teeth.

Answer 2

Do Dolphins Have Bones

Answer 3

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How many bones does a dolphin have?
The bones in a skeliton of a Dolphin.

Answer 4

Far out "Gary" do you know what vertebrates were in the Cambrian - microscopic worms!! It was numerous PHYLA that appeared in the Cambrian - what did you think fully formed fish???? And once oxygen and multicellular organisms took off, it makes perfect sense that the major body plans (ie. PHYLA) appeared suddenly. It's very difficult to evolve a whole new body plan at a later stage in evolution! And the fossil record is chock full of transitional forms, iteration from one species/genus/family to the next throughout the geological record. Typical creationist misinformation and lies.

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