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Postcranial pneumatization in Archaeopteryx

Brooks B. Britt, Peter J. Makovicky, Jacques Gauthier and Niels Bonde

Nature 395, 374-376(24 September 1998)

doi:10.1038/26469

Table 1

Measurements of maximum pneumatic foramen dimension and centrum length in Archaeopteryx, Baptornis advenus and Alligator

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Cervicals 3–6 (C_3–6) of the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica (HMN 1880.81.4598) as exposed on the main slab.

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Cervicothoracic transitional region of the Eichstätt specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica (JM 1) as exposed on the underlying slab.

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Thoracic vertebrae of a, dromaeosaurid theropod (AMNH 21893) and b, Baptornis advenus (AMNH 5101) in lateral view, showing the relative size difference between a pneumatic foramen (pf) as seen in the dromaeosaur and a non-pneumatic nutrient foramen (nf) present in Baptornis.

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