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Table 1 Comparison of ratios between different length of skeletal elements, calculated for specimen MCSN 8076 and different Neusticosaurus species from Monte San Giorgio, as reported by Sander (1989, p. 631, tab. 9; ratios of both sexes combined)

From: Co-occurrence of Neusticosaurus edwardsii and N. peyeri (Reptilia) in the Lower Meride Limestone (Middle Triassic, Monte San Giorgio)

 

MCSN 8076

N. pusillus

N. peyeri

N. edwardsii

h/f

1.19

0.88–1.15

0.90–1.30

1.24–1.84

h/stand

1.20

0.95–1.50

0.75–1.25 (0.86–1.25)

1.18–1.39

h/r

1.92

1.70–1.95

1.60–1.90

1.70–2.12

r/stand

0.63

0.50–0.75

0.44–0.71

0.62–0.69

f/stand

1.01

0.97–1.40

0.78–1.06 (0.79–1.06)

0.65–0.96

  1. Only if different from the former, data from Rieppel and Lin (1995, p. 11, tab. 3) are also reported and listed in parentheses
  2. f femur, h humerus, r radius, stand standard (last four presacral vertebrae)