dc:description"FIGURE 5. An almost complete, associated skeleton of Aphanapteryx bonasia (MI 923) collected by Etienne Thirioux in September 1899 in the Vallée des Prêtres, Moka Range, mid-west Mauritius. Scale bar = 200 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 6. Comparison of crania of Mascarene rails, lateral view. A. Aphanapteryx bonasia MU923 u/s; B. Erythromachus leguati NHMUK u/r, u/s. Scale bar = 10mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 7. Comparison of scapulae (medio-ventral aspect, left side; except B which is lateral aspect, right side) of Mascarene rails with Dryolimnas, A. UMZC 579 Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s, right proximal UMZC 579 u/s; B. NHMUK u/r Erythromachus leguati u/s; C. NHMUK 1882.2.28.2 Dryolimnas cuvieri cuvieri u/s; D. NHMUK S/1989.38.1 D. c. aldabranus ♂; E. NHMUK 1910.4.8.1 D. c. abbotti u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 8. Comparison of coracoids (ventral aspect, right side) of Mascarene rails with Dryolimnas, A. FLMR 1081 Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s; B. NHMUK u/r Erythromachus leguati u/s; C. NHMUK 1882.2.28.2 Dryolimnas cuvieri cuvieri u/s; D. NHMUK S/1989.38.1 D. c. aldabranus ♂; E. NHMUK 1910.4.8.1 D. c. abbotti u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 9. Comparison of sterna, lateral aspect (left), ventral aspect (right) of Mascarene rails, A. C. UMZC 303BB Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s; B. D. NHMUK u/r Erythromachus leguati u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 10. Comparison of humeri (caudal aspect, left side) of Mascarene rails, A. UMZC 579 Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s; B. NHMUK u/r Erythromachus leguati u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 11. Comparison of radii (ventral aspect, right side) of Mascarene rails with Dryolimnas, A. UMZC 579.1 Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s; B. NHMUK u/r Erythromachus leguati u/s; C. NHMUK 1882.2.28.2 Dryolimnas cuvieri cuvieri u/s; D. NHMUK S/1989.38.1 D. c. aldabranus ♂; E. NHMUK 1910.4.8.1 D. c. abbotti u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 12. Comparison of ulnae (ventral aspect, left side) of Mascarene rails with Dryolimnas, A. MNHN MAD6967 Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s; B. NHMUK u/r Erythromachus leguati u/s; C. NHMUK 1882.2.28.2 Dryolimnas cuvieri cuvieri u/s; D. NHMUK S/1989.38.1 D. c. aldabranus ♂; E. NHMUK 1910.4.8.1 D. c. abbotti u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 13. Comparison of carpometacarpi (ventral aspect, right side) of Mascarene rails, A. MI 925 Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s with unique preservation of phalanx digiti alulae I and phalanx proximalis digitis majoris; B. NHMUK u/r Erythromachus leguati u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 15. Comparison of femora (caudal aspect, right side), tibiotarsi (cranial aspect, right side) and tarsometatarsi (left side, dorsal aspect) of Mascarene rails. A., C., E. UMZC 303B Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s; B., D., F. UMZC 303c Erythromachus leguati u/s. Scale bar = 10 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 16a. Sexual dimorphism in the skeleton of Aphanapteryx bonasia: tibiotarsi (UMZC 303B left side, cranial aspect); tarsometatarsi (UMZC 303BB right side, dorsal aspect). Scale bar = 10 mm.";