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Table 2 Categorically scored bony characters included in this study

From: Qualitative skeletal correlates of wing shape in extant birds (Aves: Neoaves)

Character

LZ06 #

Soft tissue attachment

Related remiges

Dorsal remigial papillae (drp)a-e

1521

Dorsal 2° remex ligaments

2°

Caudal remigial papillae (crp)a-e

1522

Ventral secondary remex ligaments, Septum humerocarpale

2°

Dorsal phalangeal fossae (dpf)b,d,f

1715

Follicles of 1° VIII-IX

1° VIII-IX (md1°)

Internal index process presence/absence (iip1)f

1721

Interphalango-remigial ligamenth

1° IX-X (md1° - ad1°)

Internal index process shape (iip2)f

1722

Interphalango-remigial ligamenth

1° IX-X (md1° - ad1°)

Flexor process (fp)g

1731

Tendon of flexor digiti minimi

1° I-VI (cm1°)

  1. Characters related to feather attachment have been identified by several sources (noted below). Corresponding characters described in [34] (LZ06#) included as an aggregate reference.
  2. a[20]; b[21]; c[22]; d[23]; e[24]; f[26]; g[35]; h[36].