TABLE 4 in A new fossil subspecies of booby (Aves, Sulidae: Papasula) from Mauritius and Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands, with notes on P. abbotti from Assumption Island

TABLE 4. Measurements (mm) of the tarsometatarsus of Papasula abbotti nelsoni ssp. nov. compared with other Sulidae. Key to abbreviations: TL = total length; PW = proximal width; PD = proximal depth; SW = shaft width; SD = shaft depth; DW = distal width; DD = distal depth; n = number; m = mean; SD = standard deviation.
SpeciesTLPWPDSWSDDWDD(n)(n)(n)(n)(n)(n)(n)rangeRangeRangeRangeRangeRangeRange(m)(m)(m)(m)(m)(m)(m)SDSDSDSDSDSDSDPapasula a.(5)(6)(4)(5)(3)(5)(3)abbotti45.5–48.412.0–13.69.1–11.57.0–8.14.5–5.112.0–13.97.5–7.6(46.4)(12.8)(10.3)(7.8)(4.7)(13.2)(7.5)1.190.7041.030.450.300.780.05Papasula a.(1)--(1)(1)(1)-nelsoni51.38.95.114.2Morus bassanus(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)59.2–59.313.7–14.312.2–12.78.3–8.54.6–5.216.3–16.58.8–8.9(59.2)(14.0)(12.4)(8.4)(4.9)(16.4)(8.8)0.070.420.350.140.420.140.07Sula dactylatra(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)53.0–59.511.7–14.710.9–12.38.4–10.24.3–5.513.5–15.57.9–8.8(55.3)(13.4)(11.6)(9.1)(4.8)(14.5)(8.4)2.351.110.490.770.490.770.32Sula sula(6)(6)(5)(6)(6)(6)(6)35.9–39.810.3–11.59.5–10.86.9–7.53.3–3.811.6–12.76.3–6.9(37.1)(10.9)(10.1)(7.2)(3.5)(12.1)(6.5)1.470.400.500.210.170.430.26