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Table 1 Measurements of Dianmeisaurus mutaensis sp. nov. (HFUT MT-21-08-001)

From: A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China and its phylogenetic and biogeographic implications

Measurement

Value (mm)

Body length

99.2

Condylobasal skull length

10.7

Length of skull (to the posterior margin of the parietal)

9.3

Maximum width of the skull

8.2

Diameter of right external naris (longitudinal×transverse)

0.5×0.8

Minimum width between external nares

0.5

Diameter of right orbit (longitudinal×transverse)

3.8×3.3

Minimum width between orbits

0.3

Diameter of pineal foramen

0.3

Distance from snout tip to anterior margin of external naris

0.9

Distance from snout tip to anterior margin of orbit (preorbital region)

3.0

Minimum distance between external naris and orbit (length from the posterior margin of the external naris to the anterior margin of the orbit)

1.6

Distance from snout tip to anterior margin of upper temporal fenestra

7.0

Minimum distance between orbit and upper temporal fenestra (minimum width of the postorbital arch)

0.4

Distance from posterior margin of orbit to the posterolateral end of the squamosal (postorbital region)

3.4

Length of right humerus

4.7

Proximal width of right humerus

1.4

Distal width of right humerus

1.5

Minimal width of right humerus

0.9

Length of left ulna

2.6

Length of left radius

3.0

Proximal width of left ulna

0.7

Distal width of left ulna

0.6

Proximal width of left radius

0.8

Distal width of left radius

0.5

Length of left femur

6.6

Proximal width of left femur

1.6

Distal length of left femur

1.1

Minimal width of left femur

0.9

Length of right tibia

3.2

Minimal width of right tibia

0.5

Length of right fibula

3.0

Minimal width of right tibia

1.0