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Holotype (HMN MB.R.2455, Cervical vertebra) of Australodocus.
Taxa Australodocus

Holotype (HMN MB.R.2455, Cervical vertebra) of Australodocus.

vertebra holotype Australodocus
Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, holotype, MHNM.KHG.888; Sidi Chennane, Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco; Phosphates, lower Couche III, late Maastrichtian. Dorsal vertebra in (A) anterior view; and (B) lateral view. Abbreviations: acpl, anterior centroparapophyseal lamina; cen, centrum; con, condyle; lpl, lamina dividing pleurocoels; nec, neural canal; nsp, neural spine; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; pcpl, posterior centroparapophyseal lamina; pl1, primary pleurocoel; pl2, secondary pleurocoel; prcdf, prezygocentrodiapophyseal fossa; pre, prezygapophyses; tp, transverse process.
Taxa Phosphatotitan

Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, holotype, MHNM.KHG.888; Sidi Chennane, Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco; Phosphates, lower Couche III, late Maastrichtian. Dorsal vertebra in (A) anterior view; and (B) lateral view. Abbreviations: acpl, anterior centroparapophyseal lamina; cen, centrum; con, condyle; lpl, lamina dividing pleurocoels; nec, neural canal; nsp, neural spine; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; pcpl, posterior centroparapophyseal lamina; pl1, primary pleurocoel; pl2, secondary pleurocoel; prcdf, prezygocentrodiapophyseal fossa; pre, prezygapophyses; tp, transverse process.

vertebra Morocco Maastrichtian holotype +1
Cervical vertebra (Cv 12) of Austroposeidon magnificus gen. et nov. sp.

(A) Left lateral and (B) anterior views. Abbreviations: acdl, anterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; acpl, anterior centroparapophyseal lamina; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; d, diapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; prdl, prezygodiapophyseal lamina; prsl, prespinal lamina; s, neural spine; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bar: 100mm.
Taxa Austroposeidon

Cervical vertebra (Cv 12) of Austroposeidon magnificus gen. et nov. sp. (A) Left lateral and (B) anterior views. Abbreviations: acdl, anterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; acpl, anterior centroparapophyseal lamina; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; d, diapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; prdl, prezygodiapophyseal lamina; prsl, prespinal lamina; s, neural spine; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bar: 100mm.

scale vertebra Austroposeidon
Bones referred to Ibirania parva, A. Middle caudal vertebra (MPMA 08-0060-07) referred to I. parva. B. Views of partial right ulna (LPP-PV-0202) of the I. parva holotype. According to Navarro et al. (2022).

Bones referred to Ibirania parva, A. Middle caudal vertebra (MPMA 08-0060-07) referred to I. parva. B. Views of partial right ulna (LPP-PV-0202) of the I. parva holotype. According to Navarro et al. (2022).

bone vertebra holotype Ibirania +1
Representative taxa from the Santonian Iharkút fauna from the Csehbánya Formation, Bakony Mountains, western Hungary. A Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus (Squamata, Mosasauroidea), dorsal vertebra (MTM uncatalogued) in dorsal view (photo by Réka Kalmár) B Foxemys trabanti (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae), skull (MTM V 2010.215.1.) in dorsal view (photo by Márton Rabi). C Bicuspidon aff. hatzegiensis (Squamata, Borioteiioidea), left dentary (MTM 2006.112.1.) in medial view (photo by László Makádi) D Basal tetanuran (Theropoda, Tetanurae), tooth (MTM V.01.54) in ?lingual view E Indeterminate abelisaurid (Theropoda, Abelisauridae), pedal ungual phalanx (MTM V 2008.43.1.) in lateral view F Pneumatoraptor fodori (Theropoda, Paraves), left scapulocoracoid (holotype, MTM V 2008.38.1.) in lateral view G Mochlodon vorosi (Ornithopoda, Rhabdodontidae), left dentary (holotype, MTM V 2010.105.1) in lateral view H Bakonydraco galaczi (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae), mandible (holotype, MTM 2007.110.1) in dorsal view I Iharkutosuchus makadii (Eusuchia, Hylaeochampsidae), skull (holotype, MTM 2006.52.1) in dorsal view J Hungarosaurus tormai (Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae), right dentary (MTM 2007.25.2) in lateral view K Bauxitornis mindszentyae (Aves, Enantiornithes), left tarsometatarsus (holotype, MTM V 2009.38.1) in anterior view L Ajkaceratops kozmai (Ceratopsia), fused rostral and premaxillae (holotype, MTM V 2009.192.1) in lateral view. Scale bars: 2 cm in A, V, G, H, I, J; 1 cm in D, E, F, K, L; 1 mm in C.

Representative taxa from the Santonian Iharkút fauna from the Csehbánya Formation, Bakony Mountains, western Hungary. A Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus (Squamata, Mosasauroidea), dorsal vertebra (MTM uncatalogued) in dorsal view (photo by Réka Kalmár) B Foxemys trabanti (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae), skull (MTM V 2010.215.1.) in dorsal view (photo by Márton Rabi). C Bicuspidon aff. hatzegiensis (Squamata, Borioteiioidea), left dentary (MTM 2006.112.1.) in medial view (photo by László Makádi) D Basal tetanuran (Theropoda, Tetanurae), tooth (MTM V.01.54) in ?lingual view E Indeterminate abelisaurid (Theropoda, Abelisauridae), pedal ungual phalanx (MTM V 2008.43.1.) in lateral view F Pneumatoraptor fodori (Theropoda, Paraves), left scapulocoracoid (holotype, MTM V 2008.38.1.) in lateral view G Mochlodon vorosi (Ornithopoda, Rhabdodontidae), left dentary (holotype, MTM V 2010.105.1) in lateral view H Bakonydraco galaczi (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae), mandible (holotype, MTM 2007.110.1) in dorsal view I Iharkutosuchus makadii (Eusuchia, Hylaeochampsidae), skull (holotype, MTM 2006.52.1) in dorsal view J Hungarosaurus tormai (Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae), right dentary (MTM 2007.25.2) in lateral view K Bauxitornis mindszentyae (Aves, Enantiornithes), left tarsometatarsus (holotype, MTM V 2009.38.1) in anterior view L Ajkaceratops kozmai (Ceratopsia), fused rostral and premaxillae (holotype, MTM V 2009.192.1) in lateral view. Scale bars: 2 cm in A, V, G, H, I, J; 1 cm in D, E, F, K, L; 1 mm in C.

tooth vertebra Hungary Santonian +14
MRF 319, a partial oviraptorosaurian skeleton referred to Anzu wyliei. 
(A) Skeletal reconstruction in left lateral view, with preserved bones in gray and bones represented in other Anzu specimens in white (hatching indicates heavily reconstructed portions of the ilia of CM 78001). Middle-posterior (ninth?) cervical vertebra in (B) anterior, (C) left lateral, and (D) dorsal views. Posterior (11th?) cervical vertebra in (E) anterior, (F) left lateral, and (G) dorsal views. Posterior (12th?) cervical vertebra in (H) anterior, (I) left lateral, and (J) dorsal views. Anteroposteriorly crushed left radius in lateral (K) and anterior (L) views. Mediolaterally crushed left ulna in lateral (M) and anterior (N) views. (O) Partial left scapulocoracoid in lateral view. Dorsal rib in anterior (P) and posterior (Q) views. Abbreviations: acr, acromial process; cr, cervical rib; dip, distal processes; pat, pathology; pf, pneumatic fossa. Scale bars = 50 cm in A; 1 cm in B–Q.

MRF 319, a partial oviraptorosaurian skeleton referred to Anzu wyliei. (A) Skeletal reconstruction in left lateral view, with preserved bones in gray and bones represented in other Anzu specimens in white (hatching indicates heavily reconstructed portions of the ilia of CM 78001). Middle-posterior (ninth?) cervical vertebra in (B) anterior, (C) left lateral, and (D) dorsal views. Posterior (11th?) cervical vertebra in (E) anterior, (F) left lateral, and (G) dorsal views. Posterior (12th?) cervical vertebra in (H) anterior, (I) left lateral, and (J) dorsal views. Anteroposteriorly crushed left radius in lateral (K) and anterior (L) views. Mediolaterally crushed left ulna in lateral (M) and anterior (N) views. (O) Partial left scapulocoracoid in lateral view. Dorsal rib in anterior (P) and posterior (Q) views. Abbreviations: acr, acromial process; cr, cervical rib; dip, distal processes; pat, pathology; pf, pneumatic fossa. Scale bars = 50 cm in A; 1 cm in B–Q.

bone scale vertebra pathology +5
Plate XII(XIX).
Fig. 1. Coelophysis bauri COPE. Sacrum, consisting of three vertebrae and last dorsal vertebra. COPE’s original. Triassic, New Mexico. Preserved in American Museum of Natural History, New York. Nat. size, from a cast in Tübingen. a, right lateral view; b, left lateral view; c, ventral view.
Fig. 2. Thecodontosaurus skirtopodus SEELEY sp. Right humerus. Original in Vienna Hofmuseum (Coll. ADLER 1886). Upper Karroo, Cape Colony, South Africa. 1/2 nat. size, from a cast in Tübingen.
Fig. 3. Same. Ditto. Proximal end of a right humerus in posterior view. 1/2 nat. size (the lateral part is missing).
Fig. 4. Same. Ditto. Distal end of a left humerus in anterior view. 1/2 nat. size.
Fig. 5. Same. Ditto. Distal end of a left femur in posterior view. 1/2 nat. size.
Fig. 6. Same. Ditto. Proximal end of a left tibia, lateral view. 1/2 nat. size.
Fig. 7. Thecodontosaurus browni SEELEY sp. Left femur in posterior view. SEELEY’s original. From the Stormberg Beds of the Telle River near Aliwal North, Cape Colony, South Africa. (From casts in the British Museum and Tübingen.) 1/2 nat. size.

Fig. 8. Same. Ditto. Right femur, medial view.

Plate XII(XIX). Fig. 1. Coelophysis bauri COPE. Sacrum, consisting of three vertebrae and last dorsal vertebra. COPE’s original. Triassic, New Mexico. Preserved in American Museum of Natural History, New York. Nat. size, from a cast in Tübingen. a, right lateral view; b, left lateral view; c, ventral view. Fig. 2. Thecodontosaurus skirtopodus SEELEY sp. Right humerus. Original in Vienna Hofmuseum (Coll. ADLER 1886). Upper Karroo, Cape Colony, South Africa. 1/2 nat. size, from a cast in Tübingen. Fig. 3. Same. Ditto. Proximal end of a right humerus in posterior view. 1/2 nat. size (the lateral part is missing). Fig. 4. Same. Ditto. Distal end of a left humerus in anterior view. 1/2 nat. size. Fig. 5. Same. Ditto. Distal end of a left femur in posterior view. 1/2 nat. size. Fig. 6. Same. Ditto. Proximal end of a left tibia, lateral view. 1/2 nat. size. Fig. 7. Thecodontosaurus browni SEELEY sp. Left femur in posterior view. SEELEY’s original. From the Stormberg Beds of the Telle River near Aliwal North, Cape Colony, South Africa. (From casts in the British Museum and Tübingen.) 1/2 nat. size. Fig. 8. Same. Ditto. Right femur, medial view.

humerus vertebra museum Mexico +8
Complete specimen, excellent mineralization. Presented with a base (exceptional, very good condition)).	
Skull length 18,9 inch ( 28,3 inch with vertebras)

Complete specimen, excellent mineralization. Presented with a base (exceptional, very good condition)). Skull length 18,9 inch ( 28,3 inch with vertebras)

vertebra specimen Platecarpus skull
Dorsal vertebra of platecarpus, a cretaceous. Mosasaur from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas etc.

General Collections
Keywords: prehistoric archaeology; Paleopathology; Moodie, Roy Lee

Dorsal vertebra of platecarpus, a cretaceous. Mosasaur from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas etc. General Collections Keywords: prehistoric archaeology; Paleopathology; Moodie, Roy Lee

vertebra Niobrara Cretaceous Platecarpus
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (VBN 93.01), late Campanian, Velaux-La Bastide Neuve, Bouches-de-Rhône, southern France. Posterior dorsal vertebra, right lateral view. Scale bar equals 10 cm.
Taxa Atsinganosaurus

Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (VBN 93.01), late Campanian, Velaux-La Bastide Neuve, Bouches-de-Rhône, southern France. Posterior dorsal vertebra, right lateral view. Scale bar equals 10 cm.

scale vertebra France Campanian +1
Middle cervical vertebra of Vouivria damparisensis (MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 6).

(A) Left lateral view, (B) anterior view, (C) right lateral view; (D) posterior view. Abbreviations: cpol, centropostzygapophyseal lamina; di, diapophysis; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; espol, expanded spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; no, notch; ns, notch; pa, parapophysis; pn, pneumatic foramen; pocdf, postzygapophyseal centrodiapophyseal fossa; podl, postzygodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; ri, ridge; sdf, spinodiapophyseal fossa; spol, spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bar equals 10 cm.
Taxa Vouivria

Middle cervical vertebra of Vouivria damparisensis (MNHN.F.1934.6 DAM 6). (A) Left lateral view, (B) anterior view, (C) right lateral view; (D) posterior view. Abbreviations: cpol, centropostzygapophyseal lamina; di, diapophysis; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; espol, expanded spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; no, notch; ns, notch; pa, parapophysis; pn, pneumatic foramen; pocdf, postzygapophyseal centrodiapophyseal fossa; podl, postzygodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; ri, ridge; sdf, spinodiapophyseal fossa; spol, spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bar equals 10 cm.

scale vertebra Vouivria
Fig. 1. Type material of Amygdalodon patagonicus Cabrera. 1947. A. B. Tooth, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/13, in lingual (A) and labial (B) view. C. D, E. Cervical vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/8. in right lateral (C, stereopair), ventral (D) and left lateral (E) view. F, G. Right cervical prezygapophysis, MLP 46-VIII-21-117. in dorsal (F) and medial (G) view. H. Anterior dorsal neural spine, MLP 46-VIII-21-116. in posterior view. I, J, K. Posterior dorsal vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-112, lectotype, in right lateral view (I, stereopair), right lateral view, with right wall of neural canal remived (J), and posterior (K) view. L, M. Caudal vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/3, in left lateral (L) and posterior (M) view. N. Caudal vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/4, in right lateral view. (O). Proximal fragment of a dorsal rib, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/9, in anterolateral view. Abbreviations: acdl, anterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; g, groove; k, ventral keel; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; pod, postzygodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; pp, parapophysis; prdl, prezygodiapophyseal lamina; spol, spinopostzgapophyseal lamina; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina; tprl, intraprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bars 1 cm (A, B) and 10 cm (C-0).
Taxa Amygdalodon

Fig. 1. Type material of Amygdalodon patagonicus Cabrera. 1947. A. B. Tooth, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/13, in lingual (A) and labial (B) view. C. D, E. Cervical vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/8. in right lateral (C, stereopair), ventral (D) and left lateral (E) view. F, G. Right cervical prezygapophysis, MLP 46-VIII-21-117. in dorsal (F) and medial (G) view. H. Anterior dorsal neural spine, MLP 46-VIII-21-116. in posterior view. I, J, K. Posterior dorsal vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-112, lectotype, in right lateral view (I, stereopair), right lateral view, with right wall of neural canal remived (J), and posterior (K) view. L, M. Caudal vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/3, in left lateral (L) and posterior (M) view. N. Caudal vertebra, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/4, in right lateral view. (O). Proximal fragment of a dorsal rib, MLP 46-VIII-21-1/9, in anterolateral view. Abbreviations: acdl, anterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; g, groove; k, ventral keel; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; pod, postzygodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; pp, parapophysis; prdl, prezygodiapophyseal lamina; spol, spinopostzgapophyseal lamina; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina; tprl, intraprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bars 1 cm (A, B) and 10 cm (C-0).

tooth vertebra Amygdalodon
Cervical vertebra of Phosphatodraco mauritanicus (FSAC-OB 12) in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) left lateral view; (D) anterior view; (E) posterior view. Abbreviations: cot = cotyle; hyp = hypapophysis; nsp = neural spine; pex = postexapophysis; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis.
Taxa Phosphatodraco

Cervical vertebra of Phosphatodraco mauritanicus (FSAC-OB 12) in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) left lateral view; (D) anterior view; (E) posterior view. Abbreviations: cot = cotyle; hyp = hypapophysis; nsp = neural spine; pex = postexapophysis; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis.

vertebra Phosphatodraco
Eopteranodon lii holotype (BPV 078).

(A) Counterpart; (B) main part. (C and D) Respective schematic drawings. Abbreviations: cv, cervical vertebra; co, coracoid; d1–d4, digits 1–4; fe, femur; fi, fibula; h, humerus; j, jugal; mand, mandible; mc, metacarpal; pmc, premaxillary crest; pe, pelvis; ph, phalanx; ti, tibia; ul, ulna; rad, radius. Scale bars: C, 50 mm; D, 10 mm.
Taxa Eopteranodon

Eopteranodon lii holotype (BPV 078). (A) Counterpart; (B) main part. (C and D) Respective schematic drawings. Abbreviations: cv, cervical vertebra; co, coracoid; d1–d4, digits 1–4; fe, femur; fi, fibula; h, humerus; j, jugal; mand, mandible; mc, metacarpal; pmc, premaxillary crest; pe, pelvis; ph, phalanx; ti, tibia; ul, ulna; rad, radius. Scale bars: C, 50 mm; D, 10 mm.

crest humerus pelvis scale +4
Fig. 11. Laevisuchus indicus (K20/613), cervical vertebra in A, posterior, B, right lateral, C, anterior, and D, dorsal views. Abbreviations: dp, diapophysis; ep, epipophysis; nc, neural canal; ns, neural spine; pf, pneumatic fossa; pl, pleurncoel; poz, postzygapophysis; pp, parapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis.
Taxa Laevisuchus

Fig. 11. Laevisuchus indicus (K20/613), cervical vertebra in A, posterior, B, right lateral, C, anterior, and D, dorsal views. Abbreviations: dp, diapophysis; ep, epipophysis; nc, neural canal; ns, neural spine; pf, pneumatic fossa; pl, pleurncoel; poz, postzygapophysis; pp, parapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis.

vertebra Laevisuchus
Skeletal diagram of Veterupristisaurus milneri including all known remains. The middle vertebrae is the holotype (MB R 1938), the pair on the right are the paratypes (MB R 2166), and the far left caudal is the questionably referred vertebra (MB R 1940).
Taxa Veterupristisaurus

Skeletal diagram of Veterupristisaurus milneri including all known remains. The middle vertebrae is the holotype (MB R 1938), the pair on the right are the paratypes (MB R 2166), and the far left caudal is the questionably referred vertebra (MB R 1940).

vertebra holotype Veterupristisaurus
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