TABLE 1. Area spanned by multiple overlain lateral suture elements. Note that units in this and subsequent tables are arbitrary but consistent within a taxon. Hence, comparison within a species is reasonable, while comparison between species is not. Smaller areas imply more highly constrained suture patterns; note that one side is more highly constrained than the other for each species, although which side varies by species.

 

Taxon

Number of Sutures Included

Left Area

Right Area

 

C. springeri

8

39.37

47.2

 

N. muelleri

9

74.1

59.2

 

N. muelleri (excluding two outliers)

7

54.7

52.1

 

M. subdivisum

6

81.9

58.8

 

Somoholites spp.

9

n/a

69.7