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. 2013 Oct 30;8(10):e77109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077109

Table 1. Specimens with body masses and measured osteocyte densities.

Taxon specimen nr. et el (mm) BM (kg) OLD (#/mm3) BM source or method
Kokartus ZiN.PH 43/47 fe 0.05 8601 P. Skutchas p.c.
Rana temporaria IPB no nr. fe 0.039 13828 species average
Diadectes IPB no nr. fe 130 35 29741 [99]
Dimetrodon natalis IPB SABCBB 2010–26 fe 98 23 47413 [99]
Dimetrodon natalis IPB SABCBB 2010–1 fe 108 28 34364 [99]
Myotragus balearicus MBCN SM-T-8829-?-? ti 183 20 26867 [100]
Elephas maximus IPB no nr. female fe 3000 19264 species average
Cavia porcellus IPb no nr. fe 0.7 36190 species average
Iguana iguana AC 1896 288 fe 74.23 5 20534 V. de Buffrénil p.c.
Tupinambis teguixin MK 53531/VB fe 1.5 61118 V. de Buffrénil p.c.
Varanus niloticus FAOTD39 fe 11 42977 V. de Buffrénil p.c.
Varanus timorensis MK 52920 fe 33.41 0.8 53806 V. De Buffrénil p.c.
Trilophosaurus TMM 31025-786 fe 14.8 37.037 [99]
Trilophosaurus TMM 31025-885 avg. fe 14.5 38117 [99]
Trilophosaurus TMM 31025-67-02 avg. fe 14.0 27051 [99]
Trilophosaurus TMM 31025-67-01 fe 13.5 36.795 [99]
Trilophosaurus TMM 31025-787 fe 13.3 27.505 [99]
Hyperodapedon MCP PV0247 ti 188 23054 [99]
Hyperodapedon MCP PV0407 hu 41 55787 [99]
Hyperodapedon MCP PV408 hu 41 53129 [99]
Rhamphorhynchus BSPG 1960 I 470a ti 0.0834 52714 [39]
Rhamphorhynchus BSPG 1929 I 69 fe 2.085 36859 [39]
Rhamphorhynchus BSPG 1877 ×1 fe 0.112 46786 [39]
Alligator mississippiensis SMNS 10481 fe 100 9064 [47]
Alligator mississippiensis IPB “Babette” posterior fe 6.86 18455 wet specimen measure
Buteo buteo IPB no nr. fe 1.3 59350 species average
Struthio camelus IPB 5y old male tt 115 46001 species average
Gorgosaurus TMP 99.33.1 fi 607 15546 [36]
Gorgosaurus TMP 99332 fi 607 17846 [36]
Albertosaurus TMP 2002.45 fi 50.3 16294 [36]
Albertosaurus TMP 86.64.1 fi 762 18790 [36]
Albertosaurus TMP 86.64.1 fe 762 16765 [36]
Albertosaurus TMP 81.10.1 fi 1142 17499 [36]
Tyrannosaurus TMP 81.6.1 ilb 3230 13528 [36]
Tyrannosaurus TMP 81.6.1 ilb 3230 12153 [36]
Tyrannosaurus TMP 81.6.1 ilb 3230 12027 [36]
Saturnalia MCP PV3845 fe 20 53432 [99]
Thecodontosaurus IPB no nr. ti 24.6 47611 [26]
Plateosaurus SMNS F14A fe 655 780 23300 [52]
Plateosaurus SMNS F8 fe 740 900 20776 [52]
Spinophorosaurus NMB 1698-R hu 1121 6600 27392 U. Joger, p.c.
Apatosaurus SMA “Jaques” fe 1640 10000 33202 [26]
Barosaurus MfN XVI5 fe 790 1500 45480 [99]
Barosaurus MfN Ki2 fe 1190 11000 41878 [99]
Dicraeosaurus MfN T31a fe 980 3000 58540 [99]
Dicraeosaurus MfN dd3032 fe 1140 4635 48500 [99]
Europasaurus DFMMh/FV 415 fe 510 690 39386 [99]
Brachiosaurus MfN dd452 fe 1350 10000 35647 [26]
Brachiosaurus BYU 725-17336 fe 1750 19000 21923 [26]
Janenschia MfN Nr.22 fe 1270 14029 43241 [26]
Janenschia MfN Nr.22 fe 1270 14029 56715 [26]
Phuwiangosaurus PC.DMR K21 fe 1120 9046 31866 [99]
Alamosaurus TMM 43090-1 hu 1300 16000 26246 [99]

Abbreviations: et, element type (fe, femur; fi, fibula; hu, humerus; ilb, indeterminate long bone; ti, tibia; tt, tibiotarsus); el, element length (given where known); BM, body mass; OLD, osteocyte lacunar density; p.c., personal communication. Institutional abbreviations: BSPG, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie; BYU, Earth Sciences Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; DFMMh/FV, Dinosaurier-Freilichtmuseum Münchehagen/Verein zur Förderung der Niedersächsischen Paläontologie (e.V.), Germany; IPB, Institut für Paläontologie, Bonn, Germany; MBCN, Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals, Mallorca, Spain; MCP, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; MFN, Museum für Naturkunde; Berlin, Germany; MK, Museum König, Bonn, Germany; NMB Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany; PC.DMR, Paleontological Collection, Department of Mineral Resources, Khon Kaen Province, Kalasin, Thailand; SMA, Saurier Museum Aathal, Switzerland; SMNS, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany; TMM, Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Texas; TMP, Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. ZiN.PH, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Paleoherpetological Collection, St. Petersburg, Russia.