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APPENDIX 5 in Body size histories of Shungura Formation reptiles in biotic and abiotic environmental context
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- 1. University of Cambridge Department of Zoology and University Museum of Zoology, Downing Pl, CB 2 3 EJ Cambridge (United Kingdom) and University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science, P. O. Box 68, FI- 00014 Helsinki (Finland) abigail. parker @ helsinki. fi (corresponding author)
- 2. Centre Français des Études Éthiopiennes, CNRS, Ministère de l'Europe et des affaires étrangères, PO BOX 5554 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Laboratoire Paléontologie Évolution Paléoécosystèmes Paléoprimatologie (PALEVOPRIM), CNRS, Université de Poitiers, 6 rue Michel Brunet, F- 86073 Poitiers (France) jean. renaud. boisserie @ univ-poitiers. fr
- 3. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin (Germany) johannes. mueller @ mfn. berlin
- 4. School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Iowa, 123 North Capitol St., Iowa City, Iowa, 52242 IA 52242 (United States) chris-brochu @ uiowa. edu
- 5. University of Cambridge Department of Zoology and University Museum of Zoology, Downing Pl, CB 2 3 EJ Cambridge (United Kingdom) jjh 71 @ cam. ac. uk
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APPENDIX 5. — Specimen data of Python Daudin, 1803 for specimens with maximum body mass estimates for each member of the Shungura Formation.
| Taxon | Shungura Midpoint Member Age (Ma) | Specimen number Measurement | Mass reconDimension (mm) Total length (cm) struction (kg) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | B | 3.188 | L1-32b | Prezygapophyseal width | 20.4 | 251 | 5.59 |
| C | 2.735 | L 47-67 | Prezygapophyseal width | 41 | 540 | 41.13 | |
| D | 2.547 | L 824-12 | Prezygapophyseal width | 40.1 | 527 | 38.6 | |
| E | 2.356 | L 82-30 | Prezygapophyseal width | 24 | 300 | 8.9 | |
| F | 2.305 | OMO 33-3613 | Prezygapophyseal width | 52.1 | 702 | 81.6 | |
| lower G | 2.167 | OO 75-1971-2862 | Prezygapophyseal width | 37 | 483 | 30.67 | |
| upper G | 1.986 | F 163-11 | Prezygapophyseal width | 44.8 | 595 | 52.99 | |
| J | 1.658 | OMO 379-10008 | Prezygapophyseal width | 22.9 | 284 | 7.68 | |
| L | 1.239 | OMO 389-10055 | Prezygapophyseal width | 34 | 440 | 24.08 | |
Notes
Published as part of Parker, Abigail K., Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Müller, Johannes, Brochu, Christopher A. & Head, Jason J., 2026, Body size histories of Shungura Formation reptiles in biotic and abiotic environmental context, pp. 42 in Comptes Rendus Palevol 25 (2) on page 42, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a2, http://zenodo.org/record/18760444
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