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. 2018 May 22;7:e34773. doi: 10.7554/eLife.34773

Table 1. Measurements of coprolites and their included bones.

Maximum diameter and length of coprolites are measured by digital calipers, and the rest are calculated by Avizo software. ‘*' in coprolite diameter and length indicates incomplete dimensions due to damage.

Coprolite dimensions Bone dimensions
LACM catalogue number Maximum diameter × length (mm) Coprolite volume (mm3) Matrix volume (mm3) Matrix fraction Bone fragments contained Bone max length (mm) Bone max width (mm) Bone orientation (degrees) Bone volume (mm3) Bone fraction/coprolite
158706 24.6* × 31.9* 5871 5871 100% None
158707 31.2 × 47.2 18508 17823 96% Bone_1 8.1 6.6 70 155
Bone_2 16.5 5.1 24 56
Bone_3 10.6 7.8 8 207
Bone_4 6.1 5.1 70 23
Bone_5 4.6 4.6 63 26
Bone_6 7.9 7.2 10 43
Bone_7 3.6 2.4 32 11
Bone_8 11.4 4.7 12 45
Bone_9 5.5 1.7 85 3
Bone_10 4.7 2.8 40 5
Bone_11 11.0 2.2 68 8
Bone_12 8.5 4.8 43 78
Bone_13 5.0 3.9 58 10
Bone_14 6.1 3.6 37 14
Total bone 685 4%
158708 24.9 × 44.6 10184 8814 87% Bone_1 3.0 2.1 21 3
Bone_2 11.1 4.4 15 25
Bone_3 16.1 10.0 14 344
Bone_4 5.6 3.4 39 11
Bone_5 Cortex 8.3 7.7 61 14
Bone_5 Marrow 9.7 6.8 61 104
Bone_6 5.1 3.4 49 11
Bone_7 4.3 2.1 70 6
Bone_8 Rib long 31.0 7.0 46 156
Bone_8 Rib Marrow 30.1 8.2 46 574
Bone_8 Rib short 29.4 8.7 46 122
Total bone 1370 13%
158709 27.1 × 23.4 6556 6341 97% Bone_1 12.5 2.3 65 21
Bone_2 7.9 4.5 80 45
Bone_3 12.6 4.4 24 53
Bone_4 6.6 2.3 45 10
Bone_5 5.0 2.2 54 10
Bone_6 3.6 1.9 72 5
Bone_7 6.1 4.5 11 28
Bone_8 10.6 4.9 81 42
Total bone 214 3%
158710 21.3 × 26.6 4066 4066 100% None
158711 29.1* × 31.2* 11741 11251 96% Bone_1 16.9 7.1 197
Bone_2 18.7 6.3 93
Bone_3 6.8 3.0 13
Bone_4 13.1 7.1 169
Bone_5 6.5 3.7 18
Total bone 490 4%
158712 29.4 × 27.5* 8284 8012 97% Bone_1 21.3 12.3 37 234
Bone_2 13.2 3.1 67 18
Bone_3 7.1 2.5 2 7
Bone_4 3.4 1.9 18 2
Bone_5 8.6 2.8 75 12
Total 272 3%
158713 27.5 × 25.6* 8694 8454 97% Bone_1 15.2 6.5 26 107
Bone_2 10.4 8.7 44 114
Bone_3 4.7 1.9 66 5
Bone_4 4.9 2.7 72 14
Total bone 240 3%
158714 17.7* × 20.9* 1570 1508 96% Bone_1 8.2 5.2 29 62 4%
158715 18.0* × 24.0* 2481 2443 98% Bone_1 71 39 2%
158716 20.5* × 14.9* 1245 1197 96% Bone_1 10.2 9.0 70 48 4%
158717 18.7* × 19.6* 1424 1071 75% Bone 1 18.9 12.7 14 353 25%
Total 76851 Total 3773 5%