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. 2013 Oct 11;8(10):e77693. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077693

Table 3. Estimated body masses of fossil birds from Changma.

Species Humeral length (mm) Tibiotarsal width (mm) Estimated weight (g)
Ornithuromorphs
Gansus yumenensis
CAGS-IG-04-CM-001 ? 2.5 ?/124.8
CAGS-IG-04-CM-002 ? 2.7 ?/147.4
CAGS-IG-04-CM-003 48.5 3.0 144.2/185.0
CAGS-IG-04-CM-004 48.0 ? 141.7/?
GSGM-05-CM-014 47.8 2.7 140.6/147.4
Mean weight 142.2/142.9
Yumenornis huangi 49.9 ? 151.5/?
Changmaornis houi ? 2.9 ?/172.0
Enantiornithines
Qiliania graffini
GSGM-05-CM-006 ? 1.3 ?/30.4
GSGM-04-CM-006 ? 1.31 ?/30.9
Mean weight ?/30.7
CAGS-IG-04-CM-007 ? 1.7 ?/54.3
CAGS-IG-02-0901 47.7 ? 140.1/?
GSGM-05-CM-068 ? 1.9 ?/69.0
GSGM-05-CM-012 ? 2.0 ?/77.0