> Interesting that *Parahongshanornis* retains two phalanges in the > 3rd finger. The major manual digit of _Patagopteryx_ has three phalanges (with the third phalanx being ungual-like) and is also quite long.
That's the 2nd finger. That's normal.I agree, though, that somebody should do a biomechanical study of the forelimbs of *Patagopteryx* (which I'm not confusing with *Patagonykus* this time).