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. 2013 Oct 30;8(10):e78572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078572

Figure 5. Estimation of sauropod ONP from illustrations.

Figure 5

Composite figures are assembled into approximate ONP for partial or complete presacral columns for various sauropods: A: Apatosaurus louisae [45], B: Giraffatitan brancai [27], C: Dicraeosaurus hansemanni [86], D: Cetiosaurus oxoniensis, E: Euhelopus zdanskyi [4], F: Diplodocus carnegii [26], and G: Mamenchisaurus young [35]. Note that some exhibit a slight dorsal OIC cranially, and all are straight caudally. Cetiosaurus illustrations courtesy John Martin. The reconstructions are not to scale, however, the individual vertebrae within a column were adjusted as necessary to the same scale within each vertebral column [31], [32].