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Table 3 Measurements of the dorsal vertebrae (DV) and sacral vertebra (SV) preserved on MLU.GeoS.1612.A-B in mm

From: A redescription of Trachelosaurus fischeri from the Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Bernburg, Germany: the first European Dinocephalosaurus-like marine reptile and its systematic implications for long-necked early archosauromorphs

Vertebra

Width across transverse processes

Length across zygapophyses

Height at posterior or anterior edge centrum

Height neural spine

Centrum length

DV a

DV b

DV c

DV d

15.5

DV e

42.2

15.1

DV f

41.1

15.2

DV g

43.2

15.8

DV h

42.6

16.7

DV i

DV j

42.8

25.8

DV k

42.2

25.2

DV l

37.1

28.1

DV m

42.8

24.8

DV n

41.1

21.7

DV o

40.6

DV p

40.9

21.4

DV q

38.2

24

DV r

37

22.7

DV s

36.9

DV t

34.2

16.07

DV u

28.1

26.8

DV v

DV w

DV x

DV y

26.8

16.2

17.8

DV z

23.9*

16.7

13.8

18.4

DV aa

23.4*

16.8

12.6

20.0

SV 1

25.1*

15.4

13.8

15.3

SV 2

23.9*

13.3*

15.4

16.6

  1. Measurements of incomplete elements are marked with an asterisk (*)