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. 2014 Jul 16;9(7):e102457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102457

Table 5. Numbers of recovered ungulate skeletal elements and damaged bones in the aggregated bear-modified assemblage (by observation [OB]).

Skeletal element # recovered (# damaged)
OB1 S OB2 UNK OB3 UNK OB4 S OB5 UNK OB6 S OB7 S OB8 P OB9 P OB10 P OB11 P OB12 P OB13 P OB14 P OB15 S OB16 S OB17 P Total
Cranium 1 1 1 1 1 1(1) 1 1(1) 1 1 1 1(1) 12(3)
Hemimandible 2(2) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 18(2)
Atlas 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1 1(1) 1(1) 1 1 1 1 10(5)
Axis 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1 1 1 1(1) 1(1) 1 1 1(1) 1(1) 1 14(8)
Cervical 5(3) 1(1) 5(5) 5 5 1(1) 5(5) 2(2) 4(4) 5 5(1) 5(4) 5(4) 5(2) 58(32)
Thoracic 12(10) 11(8) 2(2) 9(5) 13(13) 11(11) 10(9) 13 1(1) 13(1) 13(11) 13(1) 13(13) 13(9) 13(6) 13(13) 173(113)
Lumbar 6(6) 6(6) 6(6) 2(2) 6(6) 6(6) 7(3) 1(1) 7(7) 7(7) 3(3) 6(5) 6(6) 5(5) 6(5) 6(6) 86(80)
Sacrum 1(1) 1 1(1) 1 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 12(9)
Caudal 2 1(1) 3(1)
Sternum 3(1) 3(1)
Rib 7(7) 22(22) 1(1) 16(14) 25(18) 14(14) 16(11) 24(2) 2(2) 21(19) 23(22) 6(6) 26(6) 20(19) 26(14) 21(17) 17(16) 287(210)
Scapula 2(2) 2 2(2) 1(1) 2 2 2(2) 2 1(1) 16(8)
Humerus 1 2(2) 2(1) 2(2) 2 1(1) 2 2 1 15(6)
Radius 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 13
Ulna 1(1) 2(1) 2(2) 2 1(1) 2 2 1 13(5)
Carpals 14 17 14 14 10 6 12 14 5 106
Metacarpal 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 16
Innominate 2(2) 2(2) 2(2) 2(2) 2 2(1) 2(2) 2(1) 2(2) 18(14)
Femur 1(1) 2(2) 2 2(1) 1(1) 2 2(1) 12(6)
Tibia 2(2) 2(2) 1 2 2 2 11(4)
Patella/Sesamoids 8 9(1) 12 6 4 10 17 4 70(1)
Tarsals 12 7 4 1 3 10 10 1 48
Metatarsal 2 2 1 1 2 2 10
Lateral metapodial 4 4
Phalanges 12 24 18 12 5 6 20 24 6 127
Accessory phalanges 14 4 18
Total 96(39) 44(38) 10(10) 108(32) 133(47) 79(43) 69(21) 56(5) 7(6) 73(38) 46(43) 19(19) 130(13) 52(42) 137(37) 69(36) 45(39) 1,173(508)

Superscripts refer to the type of access to carcasses by bears: S =  Scavenging (OBs 1, 6 and 7 correspond to ungulate natural deaths and; OBs 4, 15 and 16 to Roadkills); P =  Predation (OBs 8–14 and 17); UNK =  Unknown (OBs 2, 3 and 5) (see Table 1 for more details).