Table 1.
Material included in this study. The material of Askeptosaurus italicus is from the locality of Monte San Giorgio (middle Besano Formation, late Anisian). The material of the thalattosauroid (Thalattosauria indet.) from Oregon, USA, comes from the Brisbois Member of the Vester Formation and is of late Carnian age
Taxon | Bone | Comment |
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Askeptosaurus italicus | ||
PIMUZ T 4839 (large individual) |
Right femur 12 cm long |
Cross section |
Left femur not measured because incompletely preserved |
Cross section | |
Centrum of anterior tail vertebra (PIMUZ T 4839_vert_a) |
Transverse section centrum very compacted |
|
Centrum of posterior tail vertebra (PIMUZ T 4839_vert_b) |
Transverse section centrum very compacted |
|
Rib | Cross section | |
PIMUZ T 4840 (small individual) |
Right femur 8.5 cm |
Cross section |
Gastralium | Cross section | |
Thalattosauria indet. | ||
MNCH F71616 | Middle dorsal centrum | Transverse section |
2.1 cm length, 2.85 cm height, 3.28 cm width | ||
MNCH F70662 | Posterior dorsal centrum | Sagittal section |
1.8 cm length, 2.55 cm height, 3.1 cm width | ||
MNCH F64330 | Middle caudal centrum |
Sagittal section Figure 2.16 in Metz, 2019 |
1.91 cm length, 3.1 cm height, 3.11 cm width | ||
MNCH F64316 |
Left humerus 8.1 cm long |
Core sample Transverse section Figure 2.18 in Metz, 2019 |
MNCH F64270 |
Humerus 7.1 cm long |
Core sample Longitudinal section/cut obliqually |