Fig. 5: CT-based images of SOA-MM9.

Left: Surface rendered images. Clockwise from top left: anterior, posterior, right lateral and left lateral views. Right: CT sections and reconstructed cortical bones at the slice level indicated by the numerals (250 − 2183). The slice nos. 607, 573 and 639 are estimated 19% levels (the best estimate and probable range: see “Methods”). The slice thickness of these CT sections is 0.04 mm, so that the difference of 100 corresponds to 4 mm. Cortical bone reconstruction was made with reference to the intact bones in the same or adjacent slices. The preserved cortical bones are in pink, the extrapolated portions are in blue, and the regions ‘transplanted and trimmed’ from nearby slices are in other colors. No. 900 was reconstructed after a minor positional correction of the small bone indicated by the star, which is slightly dislocated inward in the current reconstruction.