Fig. 9From: Diet of Mesozoic toothed birds (Longipterygidae) inferredĀ from quantitative analysis of extant avian diet proxiesReconstruction of the pes of large-toothed morphotype of Longipteryx gripping the mayfly Epicharmeropsis hexavenulosus from the same geological formation. Note that the mayfly is just large enough to be completely encircled by Longipteryxās toes, as is typical for prey of extant owls [24]. The hindwing of E. hexavenulosus is excluded to better show the position of digit I. Longipteryx pes redrawn from specimen DNHM-D2889 [16], E. hexavenulosus redrawn from specimen CNU-E-YX-2007004 [99]Back to article page