Section 1 cuts from the medial surface of the distal tibiotarsus, passing through the medial condyle and a cavity between the tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus, to the lateral surface of the ...

The tarsometatarsus, or ankle bone, of a thick-billed parrot. The bone was collected at an archeological dig in New Mexico during the 1950s. UT doctoral student John Moretti identified the bone as ...

rex, Triceratops, and Edmontosaurus, have been unearthed over the years. The two are known solely from the tarsometatarsus, the foot bone between the ankle and the toes. Based on its dimensions ...

and Magnusavis ekalakaensis, all of which are represented by a tarsometatarsus. They are all shown to scale with one another. “Based on clues in their foot bones, we think these birds would have ...

Now she has uncovered two bigger bones. One is part of a wing, and the other is a tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of ankle and foot bones. The tarsometatarsus measures a record 9.1 centimetres.

"Among them, the tarsometatarsus is the best bone to identify a fossil owl," Smith told Live Science in an email. But in the case of Primoptynx, the bones that captured the scientists' attention ...