- The
carpometacarpus is a bone
found in the
hands of birds. It
results from the
fusion of the
carpal and
metacarpal bone, and is
essentially a
single fused...
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Cretaceous radiation Proximal right humerus (MNZ S42416) and
proximal left
carpometacarpi (MNZ S42415, S42435) of a bird the size of a red-necked stint: Worthy...
- of Strigogyps, S. minor,
based on a humerus, two coracoids, and two
carpometacarpi, also from Quercy. In 1981, Mourer-Chauviré
redescribed S.
minor as...
-
diving duck that
lived on the
island of Réunion. In 1999
there were two
carpometacarpi subfossils found by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré.
There are only two historical...
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including furcula, coracoids, part of the left sca**** and sternum, both
carpometacarpi, left os carpi, and wing phalanges. The
species Charadriisimilis es****ensis...
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Leptoptilini members.
Measurements of the
proximal width and
depth of the
carpometacarpi fell
within the
range of the
extant species L. dubius,
suggesting that...
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known from
nearby localities include right coracoids, humeri, ulnae,
carpometacarpi, femora, and tibiotarsi.
Partial left
coracoids from the Sandelshausen...
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These are
thought to be
immature birds, or
birds without territory. The
carpometacarpi of
males without the ****s were
smaller on
average than
those with it...
- anatid. This
suggests that it was
likely flightless. The
preserved carpometacarpi from the
wings had
quite a
short and
robust shaft, much
shorter than...
-
Controversial data
exists as to its
ability to fly. X-ray
measurements of the
carpometacarpi lead to the ****umption that it was flightless.
However its
native name...
