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==Size==

[[File:Quail Raptor.png|thumb|left|At 20 centimeters in length, the [[Quail Raptor]] is the smallest of all jewel-eyed saucebacks.]][[File:Argantua.png|thumb|At 6.4 meters long, the [[Argantua]] is the largest jewel-eyed sauceback.]][[File:Ascendophrey.png|thumb|At 1.6 meters in length and with a wingspan nearly quadruple that, the [[ascendophrey]] is not only the largest flying sauceback in length, weight, and wingspan, but it is also tall enough while standing to comfortably meet a grown man at eye level.]]Jewel-eyed saucebacks are typically measured by length from the tip of the mandibles to the tip of the tail spike. This is different from other saucebacks, which usually do not have their mandibles included in their measurement. They range from 20 centimeters to a whopping 6.4 meters in length.

===Size Limits===

Terrestrial, flightless jewel-eyed saucebacks, like other saucebacks, should be capable of reaching similar sizes to Terran theropods, as they are similarly lightweight obligate bipeds.

The flighted biats have not had their maximum size calculated, however their combination of a very large number of lightweight traits (a skeleton that lacks mineralized components, feather-based wings, a wing-based launch which requires no additional pairs of limbs, and a small total number of digits on their limbs), a respiratory system that can very quickly become unidirectional and is well-suited to the rapid development of air sacs, and their flight muscles and respiratory system being in different parts of their body, it is speculated that they can grow much larger than the largest Terran pterosaurs.

Jewel-eyed saucebacks should, under normal circumstances, be capable of shrinking to similarly tiny sizes to other warm-blooded saucebacks.

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 ==Size==
 [[File:Quail Raptor.png|thumb|left|At 20 centimeters in length, the [[Quail Raptor]] is the smallest of all jewel-eyed saucebacks.]][[File:Argantua.png|thumb|At 6.4 meters long, the [[Argantua]] is the largest jewel-eyed sauceback.]][[File:Ascendophrey.png|thumb|At 1.6 meters in length and with a wingspan nearly quadruple that, the [[ascendophrey]] is not only the largest flying sauceback in length, weight, and wingspan, but it is also tall enough while standing to comfortably meet a grown man at eye level.]]Jewel-eyed saucebacks are typically measured by length from the tip of the mandibles to the tip of the tail spike. This is different from other saucebacks, which usually do not have their mandibles included in their measurement. They range from 20 centimeters to a whopping 6.4 meters in length.
+===Size Limits===
+Terrestrial, flightless jewel-eyed saucebacks, like other saucebacks, should be capable of reaching similar sizes to Terran theropods, as they are similarly lightweight obligate bipeds.
+The flighted biats have not had their maximum size calculated, however their combination of a very large number of lightweight traits (a skeleton that lacks mineralized components, feather-based wings, a wing-based launch which requires no additional pairs of limbs, and a small total number of digits on their limbs), a respiratory system that can very quickly become unidirectional and is well-suited to the rapid development of air sacs, and their flight muscles and respiratory system being in different parts of their body, it is speculated that they can grow much larger than the largest Terran pterosaurs.
+Jewel-eyed saucebacks should, under normal circumstances, be capable of shrinking to similarly tiny sizes to other warm-blooded saucebacks.
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