| 11. | It was later redescribed as the right tarsometatarsus of an enantiornithine bird by Chiappe in 1992.
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| 12. | Despite this, the tarsometatarsus of birds is often referred to as just the tarsus or metatarsus.
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| 13. | The tarsometatarsus had a small hypotarsus with a single simple crest and devoid of foramina for tendons.
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| 14. | The species was first described by L . H . Miller in 1911 from a broken tarsometatarsus.
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| 15. | Walker never described the fusion of the tarsometatarsus as opposite, but rather as " Only partial ".
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| 16. | On the other hand, the tarsometatarsus shows a peculiar mix of characters found in modern and primitive forms.
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| 17. | Of the tarsometatarsus, only the end remains, but this is complete and even not very much abraded.
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| 18. | The specific epithet refers to the slender and elongated tarsometatarsus, or lower leg bone, of the species.
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| 19. | Large scutes run along the dorsal side of the tarsometatarsus and toes, whereas smaller scutellae run along the sides.
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| 20. | There exists a fossil bone, a distal piece of tarsometatarsus found in the Edson Beds of Sherman County, Kansas.
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