Fig. 3 in Hindlimb morphology of Palaeotis suggests palaeognathous affinities of the Geranoididae and other "crane-like" birds from the Eocene of the Northern Hemisphere

Fig. 3. Tarsometatarsi of palaeotidid, geranoidid, eogruid, and struthionid birds. A–C. Palaeotis weigelti Lambrecht, 1928 (Palaeotididae) from the middle Eocene of the Geiseltal, Germany. A. GMH 4362; right tarsometatarsus in dorsal view. B. GMH IX-566-1953; proximal end of right tarsometatarsus in dorsal (B1), plantar (B2, B4), and proximal (B3) views. C. Holotype: GMH 4416; distal end of left tarsometatarsus in dorsal (C1), plantar (C2), and distal (C3) views. D. Galligeranoides boriensis Bourdon, Mourer-Chauviré, and Laurent, 2016 (Palaeotididae) from the early Eocene of southern France, MHNT.PAL.2013.16.2; right tarsometatarsus in dorsal (D1), plantar (D2), distal (D3), and proximal (D4) views (from Bourdon et al. 2016; D1–D3 mirrored). E. cf. Eogeranoides campivagus Cracraft, 1969 (Geranoididae) from the early Eocene of Wyoming, USA, AMNH 5127; left tarsometatarsus in dorsal (E1) and dorsolateral (E2, E3) views (the fossil consists of several fragments, which were assembled for the photo). F. Eogrus aeola Wetmore, 1934 (Eogruidae) from the middle Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China, AMNH 2937; right tarsometatarsus in dorsal (F1), plantar (F2, F5), distal (F3), and →