FIGURE 7 in Towards completion of the early Eocene aviary: A new bird group from the Messel oil shale (Aves, Eopachypterygidae, fam. nov.)

FIGURE 7.?Eopachypteryx sp. from the early Eocene of Messel, referred specimen SMF-ME 11417, details of various postcranial bones. A, B, Cervical vertebrae (numbered) in dorsal (A, SMF-ME 11417B) and ventral (B, SMF-ME 11417A) view. C, Sternum (SMF-ME 11417A). D, Furcula and coracoids (SMF-ME 11417A). E, Hand section of left wing (SMF-ME 11417A). F, Right humerus in cranial view (SMF-ME 11417A). G, H, Fractured left humerus in cranial (G, SMF-ME 11417A) and caudal (H, SMF-ME 11417B) view. I, Ulna, radius, and hand section of right wing (SMF-ME 11417A). Abbreviations: apx, apex carinae; cdd, condylus dorsalis; for, lateral foramen in body of third vertebra; ila, incisura lateralis; imd, incisura medialis; lqd, left quadrate; pvt, processus ventralis of axis; tbd, tuberculum dorsale. Specimens coated with ammonium chloride. Scale bars equal 5 mm.