Feduccia's point about the " tarsometatarsus " ( the combined upper foot and ankle bone ) is correct, but Walker did not use this reasoning in his original paper.
42.
Harrison ( 1979 ) erected this genus because he found himself unable to assign a 19th-century plaster cast of a broken tarsometatarsus bone originally retrieved from Siwalik Hills sediments to modern cormorants.
43.
Further differences between " Odontopteryx " and " Pelagornis " are found in the tarsometatarsus : in the present genus, it lacks a deep trochlea is conspicuously expanded forward.
44.
""'Kurrartapu johnnguyeni " "'is an described from Early Miocene material ( a proximal tarsometatarsus ) found at Riversleigh in north-western Queensland, Australia.
45.
Late Miocene tarsometatarsus fragments ( Ituzaing?Formation at Paran? Argentina ) are somewhat similar to " Mycteria " but still distinct enough to be probably a distinct genus, especially considering their age.
46.
The genus " Eudocimus " appears to be most closely related to ( but more primitive than ) " Plegadis ", the latter distinguished anatomically by the conformation of the tarsometatarsus.
47.
"Eutreptornis " is currently represented by a single type species, " E . uintae ", in turn represented by a tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus from the Uinta Formation of Utah.
48.
It has two foramina in the intertrochlear groove of its distal tarsometatarsus, as do " Plegadis " in contrast to the single foramen of " Eudocimus " and many other bird species.
49.
The mandibular symphysis ( central jaw ridge ) was thick along the mid-line, the palatine ( part of the palate ) was, and the tarsometatarsus ( bone in the lower leg ) was.
50.
""'Bavaripsitta ballmanni " "'is a prehistoric parrot described from a fossil tarsometatarsus found in middle Miocene freshwater deposits in the N�rdlinger Ries of western Bavaria in Southern Germany.
