Table 4.

Characters used to evaluate Giraffa camelopardalis C2–C7 vertebrae.

specimen no.	vertebra	angle of spinous process	angle of ventral tubercle	angle of dorsal tubercle	L : W of cranial articular facet	L : W of cranial articular process
AMNH 27666	C2	164		8
AMNH 27752	C2	162		10
AMNH 82001	C2	160
AMNH 27666	C3	110	82	11	1.9	4.01
AMNH 27752	C3	107	80	12	1.52	3.28
AMNH 82001	C3	104	78	11	1.87	3.44
AMNH 27666	C4	117	88	11	1.9	3.6
AMNH 27752	C4	98	85	16	1.58	3.71
AMNH 82001	C4	93	84	12	1.59	2.92
AMNH 27666	C5	92	87	15	1.77	3.56
AMNH 27752	C5	90	85	22	1.33	3.33
AMNH 82001	C5	93	86	15	1.33	3.08
AMNH 27666	C6	81	81	18	1.84	3.41
AMNH 27752	C6	62	50	24	1.37	2.21
AMNH 82001	C6	95	72	16	1.62	2.87
AMNH 27666	C7	67	83	20	2.14	3.03
AMNH 27752	C7	63	81	25	1.72	2.05
AMNH 82001	C7	63	69	22	1.55	2.69