Table 2.
Skeletal proportions in Archaeopteryx and Anchiornis
| mcIII/ mcI |
mpI-1/ mcI |
mpI-1/ mcIII |
muI/ mcI |
muIII/ mcIII |
tibia/ mt |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | – | – | – | – | – | 1.83 |
| Berlin | 2.99 | 2.47 | 0.83 | 1.16 | 0.29 | 1.85 |
| Eichstätt | 3.00 | 2.84 | 0.95 | 1.25 | 0.32 | 1.74 |
| Solnhofen | – | – | – | – | – | 1.94 |
| München | 3.26 | 2.78 | 0.85 | 1.28 | 0.29 | 1.83 |
| Thermopolis | 3.33 | 2.95 | 0.89 | – | – | 1.88 |
| 11th | 3.18 | 2.35 | 0.74 | 1.17 | 0.32 | 1.89 |
| Anchiornis | 2.46 | 2.11 | 0.86 | 1.22 | 0.45 | 1.93 |
| Haarlem | 2.21 | 2.20 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.36 | 1.67 |
| t-value | 13.603 | 4.195 | 4.287 | 10.354 | 6.916 | 7.716 |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.020 | <0.020 | <0.002 | <0.01 | <0.001 |
| z-value | 6.083 | 1.876 | 1.917 | 5.179 | 3.458 | 2.916 |
| p-value | <0.001 | 0.038 | 0.024 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
Ratio of skeletal elements in the Haarlem and other Archaeopteryx specimens (which can be diagnosed) and statistical differences (t-test and z-test) between the Haarlem specimen and Archaeopteryx. Abbreviations: mp, manual phalange; mc, metacarpal; mt, metatarsus; mu, manual ungual