Table 4. Comparative rib material analyzed.
Systematic Position | Taxon | Abb. | Ecol. | Coll. Nb. & Reference |
Squamata | Varanus rudicollis | Vru | ET | MNHN AC 1983–6 |
Varanus varius | Vva | ET | MNHN AC 1910–12 | |
Carentonosaurus mineaui | Ca | PAS | MNHN IMD 51 | |
Dallasaurus turneri | D | TMM 43209-1, [31] | ||
Clidates sp. (juvenile) | Cj | AS | UCMP 34536, [60] | |
Clidates sp. (subadult) | Csa | AS | RMM 1287, [61] | |
Clidates sp. | Ca | AS | RMM 1788, [31] | |
Tylosaurus sp. (early juvenile) | Tej | AS | RMM 5610, [60] | |
Tylosaurus sp. (late juvenile) | Tlj | AS | UW 1501.5, [60] | |
Platecarpus sp. (late juvenile) | Plj | AS | UCMP 34781, [60] | |
Platecarpus sp. (subadult) | Psa | AS | AMNH 1645, [61] | |
Platecarpus sp. | Pa | AS | AMNH 1543, [11] | |
Thalattosuchia | Metriorhynchid indet. | Me | AS | MHBR 208, [58] |
Crocodilia | Crocodylus sp. | Cr | PAS | Unnb., [62] |
Pinnipedia | Phoca vitulina | Ph | AS | IPB M 60 |
Zalophus californianus | Za | AS | ZFMK 49.98 | |
Mirounga leonine | Mi | AS | ZFMK 62.105 | |
Cetacea | Balaenoptera brydei | Ba | AS | NSM M 32599 |
Abbreviations are as in Table 2. AMNHN: American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA; IPB: Institute for Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany; MHBR: Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle du Havre, France; NSM: National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan; RMM: former Red Mountain Museum, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (the collection is currently housed at the McWane Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA); TMM: Texas Memorial Museum, Dallas, Texas, USA; UW: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The ontogenetic stage is indicated for non-adult specimens.