Table 1.
Measurements of the several long bones of the hand (metacarpals and phalanges) of the H. laietanus IPS18800 partial hand from Can Llobateres. (All measurements are given in millimetres (mm). Values between parentheses are estimates. Abbreviations: MC, metacarpal; PP, proximal phalanx; MP, intermediate phalanx; L, length; B, base; MS, midshaft; H, head (in metacarpals)/trochlea (in phalanges); ML, mediolateral breadth; DP, dorsopalmar height.)
| MC2 | MC3a | MC4 | MC5a | PP2b | PP3 | PP4 | PP5c | MP2 | MP3d | MP4e | MP5 | DP2 | DP4 | DP5f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | 75.2 | (72.7) | 65.5 | — | (53.2) | 59.6 | 62.7 | (49.6) | 31.4 | 40.0 | (41.3) | 33.6 | 16.0 | 19.1 | 16.6 |
| BML | 12.6 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 11.0 | (13.0) | 13.3 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 12.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.1 |
| BDP | 14.9 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.0 | (10.1) | 11.9 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 6.6 | (5.9) |
| MSML | 7.3 | (8.6) | 7.8 | (7.4) | (11.0) | 11.7 | 11.5 | (10.4) | 8.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| MSDP | 6.6 | (8.5) | (7.5) | (6.5) | (6.3) | 7.3 | 7.3 | (5.9) | 4.8 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| HML | 12.5 | — | 12.1 | — | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.8 | — | 7.8 | (9.3) | 9.2 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| HDP | 13.5 | — | 15.3 | — | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | — | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
a
Metacarpal head lacking.
b
Lacking a small fraction of the proximal articular facet.
c
Trochlear area missing.
d
Lacking most of the ulnar part of the trochlea.
e
Some fragments of the central diaphysis missing.
f
Lacking a fragment of the base at the palmar side.