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Table 3 in Petrel extinction in Macaronesia (North-East Atlantic Ocean): the case of the genus Pterodroma (Aves: Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)

  • 1. Departamento de Biología Animal, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), E- 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife-Canary Islands, Spain
  • 2. Ulmenstrasse 21, D- 24223 Schwentinental, Germany
  • 3. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Ce 3 C) and Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700 - 042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Açores, Portugal
  • 4. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB, Center of Excellence María de Maeztu), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma - Balearic Islands, Spain
  • 5. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB, Center of Excellence María de Maeztu), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma - Balearic Islands, Spain & Affiliated Researcher ad Honorem of CSIC, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB, Center of Excellence María de Maeztu), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma - Balearic Islands, Spain

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Table 3. Measurements of Pterodroma long bones from the Azores. Data of Pterodroma zinorum and Pterodroma sp. B from the islands of Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico, São Miguel and Terceria. Sample size, mean length ± standard error (mm), and range are given.Measurements as in Rando (2002).

Pt. zinorumPt. zinorumPt. zinorumPt. zinorumPt. zinorumPterodroma sp.BPterodroma sp. BPterodroma sp. B Pterodroma sp. BPterodroma sp. B
GraciosaSão JorgePicoSão MiguelTerceiraGraciosaSão JorgePicoSão MiguelTerceira
Humerus length(23) 74.3 ± 1.9(22) 72.9 ± 1.2(1) 74.1(1) 73.9(8) 84.9 ± 1.8(3) 88.4 ± 0.9(4) 88.4 ± 0.6(3) 89.6 ± 0(1) 89.9
78.0–70.175.8–70.587.2–81.489.4–87.389.0–87.489.7–89.6
Ulna length(9) 76.0 ± 1.8(1) 72.7(13) 75.5 ± 1.6(1) 76.8(1) 75.5(5) 86.4 ± 1.9(6) 92.1 ± 0.8(4) 92.4 ± 1(2) 92.5 ± 1.2
77.8–72.278.7–72.889.7–84.093.3–91.094.1–91.393.7–91.3
Carpometacarpus(16) 37.3 ± 0.7(22) 36.6 ± 0.8(1) 37.5(2) 37.9 ± 0.1(19) 42.3 ± 1(3) 44.1 ± 1.1(8) 44.2 ± 0.5(2) 44.9 ± 0.3(2) 44.5 ± 1.4
length38.2–35.238.3–35.337.9–37.844.8–40.745.5–4 2.844.9–43.345.2–44.645.9–43.1
Femur length(16) 27.6 ± 0.8(10) 26.6 ± 0.7(2) 31.6 ± 0.3(1) 30.4(2) 32.5 ± 0.4(1) 29.9
29.2–26.127.5–25.632.0–31.332.9–32.1
Tibiotarsus length(5) 50.7 ± 0.9(11) 49.3 ± 1.2(3) 56.7 ± 1.4(1) 57.6(1) 56.7(1) 56.1
52.3–49.551.9–47.458.2–54.8
Tarsometatarsus(13) 30.2 ± 0.6(13) 29.7 ± 0.5(1) 31.3(2) 37.5 ± 0.5(1) 37.3(2) 36.7 ± 0.3(1) 34.3
length31.3–28.730.7–28.538.0–37.037.0–36.4

Notes

Published as part of Rando, Juan C., Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando, Torres-Roig, Enric & Alcover, Josep Antoni, 2024, Petrel extinction in Macaronesia (North-East Atlantic Ocean): the case of the genus Pterodroma (Aves: Procellariiformes: Procellariidae), pp. 7 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (2) on page 7, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae123, http://zenodo.org/record/14544813

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  • Rando JC. New data of fossil birds from El Hierro (Canary Islands): probable causes of extinction and some biogeographical considerations. Ardeola 2002; 49: 39 - 49.