| 1. | The femur measured around, the tibiotarsus, and the tarsometatarsus.
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| 2. | However, this was based on a single weathered and broken tarsometatarsus.
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| 3. | Likewise short and robust was the tarsometatarsus of the foot.
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| 4. | It was described by Gerald Mayr in 2010, from an incomplete tarsometatarsus.
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| 5. | The tarsometatarsus and toes of most birds are covered in two types of scales.
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| 6. | The holotype is a right tarsometatarsus collected in 2008 in south-east Mauritius.
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| 7. | The thighbone is short relative to the tarsometatarsus.
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| 8. | Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino described the species from a tarsometatarsus discovered in La Plata.
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| 9. | The tarsometatarsus forms the upper part of the foot, digits make up the toes.
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| 10. | The tarsometatarsus is about 43.7 cm ( 17.2 inches ) long.
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