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. 2013 Aug 2;8(8):e69375. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069375

Table 5. Measurements of the caudal vertebrae of Huabeisaurus allocotus (HBV-20001) from the Upper Cretaceous of China.

Cd CL ACH ACW PCH PCW DFA DFP NAH PRE NSH NSL NSW CRW
1 126 250 232 253 268 ∼0 29 ∼62 ∼0 303 99 158 177#
2 132 270 241 254 250 22 40 87 ∼0 270 76 139 350
3 154 254 270
4 159 255 237 243 241 24 55 56 23 290 75 91 225#
5 154 213 190 224 186 27 50
6 154 197 161 173 173 65 35 136#
7 161 172 151 167 142 67 100 55
8 162 127 171 138 51 68
9 156 141 122* 165 131 10 60 53 63 155*
10 147 155 119 169 122 10 67 51
11 150 151 128* 161 134 20 50 48 146 121 29
12 146 159 117* 138 112* 45 103 33
13 149 142 149 22 54 40
14 139 143 123 150 20 55 52 48
15 147 150 119 145 104 23 60 51 46
16 156 137 121 141 131 59 45
17 154 136 139 110 62 49 43*
18 161 120 112 130 103 20 65 36 43 110 111 41
19 158 118 101 120 106 30 66 43 24 90 135 30
20 158 118 97 104 25 63 43 26 83 132 26
21 160 109 96 110 101 30 58 39 34
22 165 98 93 101 98 20 56 35 97 ∼108 39
23 68 122 38
24 96 73 68 59 71 14 10 29 19 57 39
28 105 60 68 66 72 10 41 20 85 25
29 86 61 66 58 62 22 38
30 78 59 70 59 65 19 43 18

Vertebrae 25–27 are excluded due to their poor preservation. Abbreviations: CL, centrum anteroposterior length; ACH, anterior surface of centrum dorsoventral height; ACW, anterior surface of centrum mediolateral width; PCH, posterior surface of centrum dorsoventral height; PCW, posterior surface of centrum mediolateral width; DFA, distance from anterior end of centrum to anterior end of neural arch; DFP, distance from posterior end of centrum to posterior end of neural arch; NAH, neural arch height (measured from dorsal surface of centrum up to the base of the postzygapophyses); PRE, extent of prezygapophyses beyond the anterior margin of the centrum; NSH, neural spine height (measured upwards from the base of the postzygapophyses); NSL, neural spine maximum anteroposterior length; NSW, neural spine maximum mediolateral width; CRW, caudal ribs mediolateral width (measured across the distal tips of the caudal ribs). A hash sign (#) denotes a CRW measurement based on only one caudal rib (measured from distal tip of caudal rib to midline of vertebra). An asterisk (*) denotes a measurement based on an incomplete element. Note that all centrum height measurements exclude chevron facets and centrum length measurements exclude the posteroventral expansion present in the anterior and middle caudal vertebrae. All measurements are in millimeters.