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.