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TABLE 1. Hauffiopteryx altera sp. nov., selected measurements (in mm) of FWD-129 (holotype).

Measurement    
Total preserved length 590  
Lower jaw 280 (preserved length)  
Maxilla 92  
Posterior lower jaw to symphysis 200  
  Length Width
Orbit (right) 96 85 (height)
Sclerotic aperture 35.5 38.5 (height)
Sclerotic ring 88 79 (height)
Humerus (right) 46 32 (proximal)
41 (distal)
Radius (right) 26 25
Ulna (right) 26 25
Coracoid (right) 59 50
Scapula (right) 71 32 (proximal)
23 (distal)

 

 

TABLE 2. Hauffiopteryx comparative measurements (mm).

Specimen/taxon Approximate presacral length
(without skull)
Lower jaw
(length)
Antorbital rostrum Humerus
(length)
Femur
(length)
FWD-129 (H. altera sp. nov.) -- >280 -- 46 --
GPIT 1491/4 (H. typicus) 620 380 ~216 57 35
GPIT/RE/12905 (H. typicus) -- 462 306 -- --
BRSLI M1399 (H. typicus) 590* 322 192* 47* 30*
SMNS 51552 (H. typicus) ~930 >520 >295 75 54
SMNS 80226 (H. typicus) ~879 440 258 59 40
MHH 9 (H. typicus) -- 460 282 68 ** --
NMO 26575 (H. typicus) -- 370-400 mm*** 247*** -- --
SMNS 81367 (Hauffiopteryx sp.) -- 385 -- 60 --
SMNS 80225 (Hauffiopteryx sp.) ~809 incomplete incomplete 53 30
SMNS 81962 (Hauffiopteryx sp.) -- -- -- -- 49
SMNS 81965 (Hauffiopteryx sp.) ~997 >280 -- 57 --

* measured from photos in Cain and Benton (2011)
** measured from photo in Maisch (2008)
*** from Maisch and Reisdorf (2006)