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Table 2 Measurements of SMF 09-F2 postcranial elements. Measurements in [mm]

From: First evidence of Proganochelys quenstedtii (Testudinata) from the Plateosaurus bonebeds (Norian, Late Triassic) of Frick, Canton Aargau, Switzerland

Element

Length

Width

Cervical

19.3

87.5 (as reconstructed)

Vertebral 1

146.2

278.0

Vertebral 2

118.6

295.0

Vertebral 3

89.9

265.0

Vertebral 4

108.1

221.0

Supracaudal

29.5

159.0 (as reconstructed)

Pleural 1 (right)

92.34

131.5

Pleural 2 (right)

132.26 (as preserved)

163.5

Pleural 3 (right)

129.35 (as preserved)

147.6

Pleural 4 (right)

96.9

114.1

Humerus

Humerus mid-shaft

156.3

85.5 proximal

64.75 distal

22.1 × 16.8

Ulna

Ulna mid-shaft

100.1

39.5 proximal

32.1 distal (as preserved)

17.6 maximum width

Metatarsal left autopod

26.5

20.2 (proximal)

18.3 (distal)

Tibia

96.1

51.7 (proximal expansion)

20.0 (dorsoventral thickness)

17.5 (shaft diameter)

dorsoventral thickness shaft 8.1

distal expansion 30.2 dorsoventral thickness 12.6 mm

Fibula

92.2 length as preserved

(approx. reconstructed 101)

23.9 proximal expansion

8.3 thickness

13.0 shaft diameter

6.3 max. shaft width

26.2 distal expansion

5.2 thickness

Metatarsalia right autopod

Mt V length 13.5

mt IV length 35.1

mt III length 39.8

mt II length 33.1

mt I length 17.8

 

Astragalus right autopod

26.6 length

approximately 33.8 mm width

Calcaneum right autopod

15.6 length

approximately 13.5 mm width

phalanges of the right pes

ph 5 length 8.1

ph 4 length 12.5

ph 3 length 16.6

ph 2 length 15.9

ph 1 length 12.5

 

unguals of the right pes

un 5 length 22.2

un 4 length 22.6

un 3 length 30.3

un 2 length 28.7

un 1 length 24.4

 

Isolated phalanx left autopod

16.8 length

15.5 greatest width

Phalanx articulated with ungual left autopod

24 length

32.2 length

14.8 greatest width

15.9 greatest width

Isolated ungual left autopod

23 length

13 greatest width

Sesamoid left autopod

15 diameter

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