Table 3. Overview of the morphological disparity in ophthalmosaurid femora.

Taxon	Facets	Including one for	Capitulum shape	Trochanters
‘P. campylodon’ (Kiprijanoff material)	2	/	Triangular	High
O. icenicus	2	/	Triangular	Small
Maiaspondylus lindoei	3	Astragalus	?	?
‘P.’ hercynicus	3	Astragalus	Oblong	Medium
‘P.’ australis	3	AAE	Rounded	Medium
‘P.’ americanus	3	PAE	Triangular	High
Sveltonectes insolitus	2	/	Triangular	High

Abbreviations: AAE: anterior accessory epipodial element; PAE: posterior accessory epipodial element. References: ‘P. campylodon’: Kiprijanoff [91]; O. icenicus: Andrews [80]; M. lindoei: Druckenmiller & Maxwell [22]; ‘P.’ hercynicus: Kolb & Sander [76]; ‘P.’ australis: Zammit et al. [13]; ‘P.’ americanus: Maxwell & Kear [14]; S. insolitus [21].