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Table 6 Vertebrae dimensions (in mm) of Macrauchenia patachonica (PIMUZ A/V 5700) of the Roth collection in Zurich

From: Pleistocene South American native ungulates (Notoungulata and Litopterna) of the historical Roth collections in Switzerland, from the Pampean Region of Argentina

Vertebrae

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

Maximum vertebral body length

206.65

217.04

204.55

178.6

110.54

77.28

59.05

67.01

66.08

64.89

61.86

Maximum width at anterior end of vertebral body

–

75.85

86.06

78.69

82.7

73.78

123.57

107.12

104.46

109.19*

116.83

Maximum dorsoventral height at anterior end of vertebral body

–

47.32

55.91

54.1

57.17

54.49

45.07

45.37

42.37

46.92*

50.75

Maximum width at posterior end of vertebral body

83.32

90.69

88.52

87.84

81.21

112.27

113.89

111.83

109.53

120.2*

105.06

Maximum dorsoventral height at posterior end of vertebral body

51.66

55.07

59.03

54.82

57.04

50.5

50.19

46.28

44.18

29.64*

43.68

Width between posterior transverse processes

103.5

115.4

123.97

125.37*

148.84*

148.72

156.61

141.53

113

120.68*

107.35

Width between postzygapophyses

50.93*

51.5*

50.86

63.28

107*

104.5

86.68

55.82

45.98

33.71

29.08

Width between prezygapophyses

109

–

72.32*

76.37

89.22*

–

103.84*

86.94

51.26

–

36.17*

Width of one anterior articular surface for the atlas

43.51

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dorsoventral height of one anterior articular surface for the atlas

38.66

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Odontoid process length

27.66

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

  1. *Part of the element is missing, so the total dimension is inferred from the complete part (assuming bilateral symmetry). n/a not applicable