Table 1.

Selected measurements of Giraffa camelopardalis C1–C7 vertebrae.

specimen no.	vertebra	centrum length	maximum length	minimum width	anterior width	posterior width	spinous process height	length of spinous process at base	length of spinous process
AMNH 27666	C1	139.58	169.14	82.23
AMNH 27752	C1	144.8	173.01	105.03
AMNH 82001	C1	150.56	184.61	101.06
AMNH 27666	C2	314	330	34.26	119.76	76.17
AMNH 27752	C2	309	323	51.49	117.14	87.34
AMNH 82001	C2	297.99	326.37	31.86	114.58	61.57
AMNH 27666	C3	308	337	37.63	83.74	80.63	46.14	233	175.25
AMNH 27752	C3	295	353	45.64	87.36	90.01	53.59	209.24	117.19
AMNH 82001	C3	310	350	34.11	64.53	72.52	51.49	230.68	164.25
AMNH 27666	C4	306	345	35.88	87.13	91.38	41.45	242.71	209.28
AMNH 27752	C4	310	347	44.74	90.7	101.83	44.47	261.01	186.43
AMNH 82001	C4	297	342	38.32	74.94	80.38	48.29	216.69	157.89
AMNH 27666	C5	292	336	41.11	101.65	102.27	54.28	247.7	197.82
AMNH 27752	C5	297	347	48.82	105.43	117.37	55.73	244.26	203.23
AMNH 82001	C5	293	341	43.33	90.75	94.08	50.92	230.35	163.83
AMNH 27666	C6	280	304	49.55	109.13	106.33	62.78	214.57	174.81
AMNH 27752	C6	292	316	58.36	121.51	118.45	56.82	196.24	164.69
AMNH 82001	C6	284	315	49.3	101.01	105.1	59.93	218.2	149.48
AMNH 27666	C7	252	230	62.12	114.23	132.3	114.22	103.99	88.16
AMNH 27752	C7	260.61	240.19	66.44	126.18	129.45	108.11	98.4	91.69
AMNH 82001	C7	271.79	236.43	68.26	109.98	122.25	96.32	89.61	59.61