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. 2015 Apr 7;3:e857. doi: 10.7717/peerj.857

Figure 81. Diplodocid mid-caudal vertebrae.

Figure 81

Mid-caudal vertebra of SMA 0087 (A) and Diplodocus hallorum AMNH 223 (B) in right (A) and left (B) lateral view. Note the ventrolateral (A; C329-1) and lateral ridges (A; C333-1), the flat ventral border of the centrum (B; 335-1), the anteriorly shifted neural arch (B; C337-1), the differing inclinations of the neural spine (C340), which overhang the postzygapophyses (A; C343-0), or not (B; C343-1). Abb.: ns, neural spine; prz, prezygapophysis. Scaled to the same anterior articular surface height.