Towards completion of the early Eocene aviary: A new bird group from the Messel oil shale (Aves, Eopachypterygidae, fam. nov.)
Author
Mayr, Gerald
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Zootaxa
2015
4013
2
252
264
journal article
39981
10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.6
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1175-5326
235368
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TABLE 1. Dimensions of the major limb bones of Eopachypteryx praeterita, gen. et sp. nov. and a fossil tentatively referred to Eopachypteryx (left/right, in mm). | Humerus | Ulna | Carpomet. | Femur | Tibiotarsus | Tarsomet. |
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| Eopachypteryx praeterita | | | | | | |
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| SMF-ME 825 | - | ~31.2/- | ~17.8/18.3 | - | 26.9/- | ~13.2/- |
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| SMF-ME 2426 | 29.8/29.8 | ~33.0/32.9 | ~19.1/- | -/~19 | -/~26.5 | -/~14.0 |
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| SMF-ME 11033A+B | -/30.0 | 33.2/32.9 | 18.1/18.1 | - | - | - |
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| ? Eopachypteryx sp. | | | | | | |
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| SMF-ME 11417A+B | -/27.8 | 29.7/29.5 | 16.2/16.1 | - | - | - |
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