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. 2016 Jan 6;11(1):e0144695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144695

Table 1. Measurements of five quadrates of Spinosaurinae from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco.

Values are given in millimeters.

MHNM.KK374 MHNM.KK375 MHNM.KK376 MHNM.KK377 MHNM.KK378 MSNM V6896
1. Ventrodorsal height of the quadratea 78 145 113d 130 220 145
2. Anteroposterior length of the quadrateb 30 75 ? 45 ? >50
3. Anteroposterior length of the dorsal margin of the pterygoid flangec 27 56 ? ? 115 55
4. Ventrodorsal height of the anterior margin of the pterygoid flange 57 93 ? 60 164 104
5. Anteroposterior length of the pterygoid flange at the level of the medial fossad ? 30 ? ? ? ?
6. Anteroposterior length of the quadrate shaft at the level of the quadrate foramen 10 25 25 20 30 19
7. Lateromedial width of the mandibular articulation 36 77 108 70 ? 76
8. Lateromedial width of ectocondyle 28 40 57 ? ? 60
9. Ventrodorsal height of ectocondyle 8 24 30 17 ? 14
10. Lateromedial width of entocondyle 26 50 50 47 80 31
11. Ventrodorsal height of entocondyle 10 21 24 17 33 22
12. Anteroposterior length of squamosal capitulum 13 25 ? 25 33 28
13. Ventrodorsal height of quadrate head 9 16 ? 18 22 20
14. Ventrodorsal height of quadrate foramen 14 18 15 25 30 20
15. Lateromedial width of quadrate foramen 7 11 10 10 13 11
16. Ventrodorsal height of the quadratojugal contacts 46 75 90 ? ? 73
17. Ventrodorsal height of the dorsal quadratojugal contact 18 33 43 23 40 33
18. Anteroposterior length of the dorsal quadratojugal contact 6 11 21 11 15 11
19. Ventrodorsal height of the ventral quadratojugal contact 14 33 43 ? ? 22
20. Anteroposterior length of the ventral quadratojugal contact 12 28 24 ? ? 18
21. Lateromedial width of the ectocondyle fossa / / 48 / / /
22. Ventrodorsal height of the ectocondyle fossa / / 27 / / /

aDistance taken from the posterior margin of the squamosal capitulum to the ventral margin of the entocondyle.

bDistance taken from the dorsalmost point of the dorsal quadratojugal contact to the anterior surface of the pterygoid flange.

cDistance taken from the apex of the anterodorsal curvature of the pterygoid flange to the apex of the anteroventral curvature.

d Distance taken from the base of the mandibular condyles to the dorsal extremity of the broken shaft.