Table 2 Meristics for presacral, cervical and caudal vertebrae in pachypleurosaurs with relatively complete skeletons.
Taxon | Presacral | Cervical | Caudal | CP ratio | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diandongosaurus acutidentatus | 38 | 19 | 40 | 0.50 | Shang et al.26 |
Dianmeisaurus gracilis | 45 | 23 | 41 | 0.51 | Shang and Li27 |
Panzhousaurus rotundirostris | 44 | 24 | 22+ | 0.54 | Jiang et al.22 |
Dawazisaurus brevis | 36 | 20 | 37 | 0.56 | Cheng et al.29 |
Dianopachysaurus dingi | 39 | 20 | 17+ | 0.51 | Liu et al.20 |
Keichousaurus hui | 44 | 25 or 26 | 37 | 0.58 | Lin and Rieppel18 |
Anarosaurus pumilio | 45 | 19 or 20 | – | 0.43 | Rieppel and Lin17 |
Dactylosaurus gracilis | 36 | 17 | – | 0.47 | Rieppel and Lin17 |
Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis | 35 to 38 | 15 to 18 | 58 | 0.45 | Rieppel15 |
Neusticosaurus pusillus | 41 to 43 | 18 to 20 | 51 to 58 | 0.45 | Sander14 |
Neusticosaurus peyeri | 35 or 36 | 15 or 16 | 42 to 48 | 0.44 | Sander14 |
Qianxisaurus chajiangensis | 46 | 18 | 31+ | 0.39 | Cheng et al.30 |
Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis | 49 | 21 | 36+ | 0.43 | Wu et al.25 |
Honghesaurus longicaudalis | 49 | 20 | 69 | 0.41 | This study |
