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. 2013 Apr 18;8(4):e62047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062047

Table 1. Selected measurements in millimeters of the vertebrae from the Dahalokely tokana holotype, UA 8678.

Vertebra CENL CDCW CDCH MIDW TOVH NSH NSL NSW IZW IZL IPPW IDPW PP/DP EPL
C?5 64.5 41.5 23.8 32.3 74.2 30.7 25.3 75.3 81.6 42.4 20.8
D?1 44.0 48.5 39.8 30.6 108.6 57.2 9.6 17.5 57.8 54.5 64.5
D?2 48.7 50.4 38.4 30.0 97.0 50.6 *21.1 16.0 50.9 56.9 60.1 158.4 0.379
D?6 52.1 46.1 41.5 21.3 121.2 65.9 28.8 11.9 26.9 76.7 94.9 136.2 0.697
D?7 55.1 46.9 42.3 22.2 116.1 62.7 34.5 11.9 27.0 83.3 101.8 126.1 0.807
D?8 55.2 47.3 41.9 22.3 120.4 66.0 32.2 11.6 27.6 76.7 108.8 134.9 0.807
D?9 52.9 45.4 126.7 69.9 33.7 10.9 24.0 105.6 129.7 0.814

Abbreviations (modified after [22]): CENL, maximum craniocaudal length of centrum; CDCW, maximum width of caudal articular facet of centrum; CDCH, maximum height of caudal articular facet of centrum; MIDW, width of centrum at mid-length; TOVH, total vertebral height at maximum dorsoventral extent including centrum and neural spine; NSH, maximum height of neural spine measured from dorsal surface of neural canal; NSL, craniocaudal length of neural spine at spine mid-height; NSW, transverse extent (width) of neural spine at spine mid-height; IZW, interzygapophyseal width, the distance between lateral margins of postzygapophyses; IZL, interzygapophyseal length, the distance from cranial margin of right prezygapophysis to caudal margin of right postzygapophysis; IPPW, interparapophyseal width, measured between lateral limits of parapophyses; IDPW, interdiapophyseal width, measured between lateral limits of diapophyses; PP/DP, Para-Diapophyseal Index, ratio of IPPW to IDPW; EPL, epipophyseal length, measured from caudal margin of postzygapophyseal facet to caudalmost extent of epipophysis. —, measurement not applicable for element; †, element incomplete for measurement. *excludes ossified interspinous ligament.