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Table 2 Skeletal proportions in Archaeopteryx and Anchiornis

From: Re-evaluation of the Haarlem Archaeopteryx and the radiation of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs

 

mcIII/

mcI

mpI-1/

mcI

mpI-1/

mcIII

muI/

mcI

muIII/

mcIII

tibia/

mt

London

–

–

–

–

–

1.83

Berlin

2.99

2.47

0.83

1.16

0.29

1.85

Eichstätt

3.00

2.84

0.95

1.25

0.32

1.74

Solnhofen

–

–

–

–

–

1.94

München

3.26

2.78

0.85

1.28

0.29

1.83

Thermopolis

3.33

2.95

0.89

–

–

1.88

11th

3.18

2.35

0.74

1.17

0.32

1.89

Anchiornis

2.46

2.11

0.86

1.22

0.45

1.93

Haarlem

2.21

2.20

1.00

0.90

0.36

1.67

t-value

13.603

4.195

4.287

10.354

6.916

7.716

p-value

<0.001

<0.020

<0.020

<0.002

<0.01

<0.001

z-value

6.083

1.876

1.917

5.179

3.458

2.916

p-value

<0.001

0.038

0.024

<0.001

<0.001

0.001

  1. Ratio of skeletal elements in the Haarlem and other Archaeopteryx specimens (which can be diagnosed) and statistical differences (t-test and z-test) between the Haarlem specimen and Archaeopteryx. Abbreviations: mp, manual phalange; mc, metacarpal; mt, metatarsus; mu, manual ungual