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Table 1 Dissimilarity distance matrix pairwise comparisons of Massospondylus carinatus embryo terminals using the “Gower” method. Specimens in bold represent the shortest distance between Massospondylus carinatus embryos and the extant taxon in question.

From: Conserved in-ovo cranial ossification sequences of extant saurians allow estimation of embryonic dinosaur developmental stages

	Massospondylus carinatus		Massospondylus cariatus
Crocodylus niloticus 18 days	0,679	Centrochelys sulcata 40 days	0,361
Crocodylus niloticus 33 days	0,595	Centrochelys sulcata 45 days	0,333
Crocodylus niloticus 39 days	0,274	Centrochelys sulcata 50 days	0,222
Crocodylus niloticus 41 days	0,202	Centrochelys sulcata 55 days	0,153
Crocodylus niloticus 45 days	0,214	*Centrochelys sulcata 61 days*	0,125
*Crocodylus niloticus 48 days*	0,131	Centrochelys sulcata 70 days	0,194
Crocodylus niloticus 55 days	0,214	Centrochelys sulcata 75 days	0,222
Crocodylus niloticus 63 days	0,262	Centrochelys sulcata 80 days	0,306
Crocodylus niloticus 67 days	0,321
Gallus gallus 11 days	0,240	Pogona vitticeps 15 days	0,705
Gallus gallus 12 days	0,173	Pogona vitticeps 18 days	0,679
Gallus gallus 13 days	0,187	Pogona vitticeps 24 days	0,538
*Gallus gallus 14 days*	0,160	Pogona vitticeps 28 days	0,346
Gallus gallus 15 days	0,227	Pogona vitticeps 32 days	0,282
Gallus gallus 16 days	0,240	Pogona vitticeps 36 days	0,269
Gallus gallus 17 days	0,253	*Pogona vitticeps 48 days*	0,205
Gallus gallus18 days	0,267	Pogona vitticeps 60 days	0,269
Gallus gallus 19 days	0,307

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