Table 7. Assessment of the trackmaker affinity of BP3_08.
IF BP3_08 IS A RIGHT PES | ||
Track Parameters | Threshold values and probability that the track is either theropod or ornithopod | BP3_08 |
L/W | 80.0% Theropod > 1.25 > Ornithopod 88.2% | 1.15 |
L/K | 70.5% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 88.0% | 1.10 |
L/M | 65.0% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 90.7% | 1.29 |
BL2/WMII | 76.1% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 97.4% | 1.04 |
BL3/WMIII | 72.7% Theropod > 2.20 > Ornithopod 97.7% | 1.42 |
BL4/WMIV | 76.1% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 97.6% | 1.09 |
LII/WBII | 84.6% Theropod > 3.75 > Ornithopod 90.2% | 2.88 |
LIII/WBIII | 70.6% Theropod > 4.00 > Ornithopod 91.5% | 3.79 |
LIV/WBIV | 73.7% Theropod > 3.75 > Ornithopod 93.4% | 3.35 |
IF BP3_08 IS A LEFT PES | ||
Track Parameters | Threshold values and probability that the track is either theropod or ornithopod | BP3_08 |
L/W | 80.0% Theropod > 1.25 > Ornithopod 88.2% | 1.15 |
L/K | 70.5% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 88.0% | 1.29 |
L/M | 65.0% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 90.7% | 1.10 |
BL2/WMII | 76.1% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 97.4% | 1.09 |
BL3/WMIII | 72.7% Theropod > 2.20 > Ornithopod 97.7% | 1.42 |
BL4/WMIV | 76.1% Theropod > 2.00 > Ornithopod 97.6% | 1.04 |
LII/WBII | 84.6% Theropod > 3.75 > Ornithopod 90.2% | 3.35 |
LIII/WBIII | 70.6% Theropod > 4.00 > Ornithopod 91.5% | 3.79 |
LIV/WBIV | 73.7% Theropod > 3.75 > Ornithopod 93.4% | 3.35 |
The calculated track parameters for BP3_08 are summarized and compared with the likelihood analyses of [42]. Since the siding of this pes impression was equivocal, the analysis was run twice (once assuming the foot was a right pes and once with the assumption of it being a left pes. The analysis yielded the same results in both cases because the parameters of [42] propose identical thresholds for values that are symmetric across the midline (albeit with different confidences). In this case, the observed asymmetry of the track does not have a notable influence on the resultant affinity. For each parameter examined, BP3_08 shows a stronger ornithopod affinity than a theropod affinity.