Table 1. Selected measurement (in mm) of theropod vertebrae from the Early Cretaceous of Victoria.
Centrum | Neural spine | |||||||
Specimen | Figure | Locality | Taxon | Length | Height | Width | Height | Max. length |
Cervical | ||||||||
P221081 | Fig. 3 | Eric the Red West | Spinosauridae | 37* | 14 | 16 | ? | ? |
Dorsal | ||||||||
P221187 | Fig. 4 | Flat Rocks | Neovenatoridae | 60 | 48 | 36 | ? | ? |
P216672 | Fig. 5 | Flat Rocks | Maniraptora | 17 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
P186302 | Fig. 6 | Dinosaur Cove East | Maniraptora | 23 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 19 |
P208234 | Fig. 7 | Dinosaur Cove East | Tetanurae | 18 | 12c− | 23c+ | ? | ? |
Caudal | ||||||||
P186168 | Fig. 8 | Punchbowl | ?Ornithomimosauria | 50 | 28 (pos.) | 30 (pos.) | ? | ? |
P212840 | Fig. 9 | Near Kilcunda | Theropoda | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
P208096 | Fig. 10 | Flat Rocks | Neovenatoridae | 36 | 25c+ | 19c− | ? | ? |
P210090 | Fig. 11A–D | Flat Rocks | Theropoda | 32 | 8 (pos.) | 9 (pos.) | - | - |
P212806 | Flat Rocks | Theropoda | 29 | 9 | 11 | - | - | |
P216642 | Fig. 11E–G | Flat Rocks | Theropoda | 24 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
P203700 | Eagle's Nest | Theropoda | 29 | 14i(pos.) | 16 (pos.) | - | - | |
P185858 | Fig. 11H | Dinosaur Cove East | Theropoda | 43 | 8c− | 11c+ | - | - |
P199783 | Fig. 11I | Slippery Rocks | Theropoda | 44 | 12c+ | 9c− | - | - |
P229456 | Eric the Red West | Theropoda | 25 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
P223063 | Eric the Red West | Theropoda | 23 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
All specimens are housed at the NMV. Abbreviations:
, measurement excluding convex anterior articular surface, centrum height and width are measured anteriorly; c+, length increased by crushing; c−, length decreased by crushing; (pos.), measurement of posterior articular surface.