TABLE 1. Elbow flexion in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) as found by manual manipulation.
| Accession/specimen number | Side of body | Humeral length | Maximum flexion | Maximum extension |
| Bare-bones specimens | ||||
| TMM 2433 | left | 75 mm | 89° | 159° |
| TMM 2433 | right | 75 mm | 88° | 162° |
| TMM 7363 | left | 95 mm | 76° | 155° |
| TMM 7363 | right | 95 mm | 83° | 169° |
| TMM 3004 | left | 110 mm | 89° | 150° |
| TMM 3004 | right | 111 mm | 88° | 144° |
| TMM 7487 | right | 113 mm | 74° | 147° |
| TMM 7489 | left | 114 mm | 91° | 161° |
| TMM 7489 | right | 113 mm | 92° | 157° |
| TMM 4135 | left | 230 mm | 82° | 148° |
| Mean | left: 85.4° right: 85.0° all: 85.2° |
left: 154.6° right: 155.8° all: 155.2° |
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| Intact specimens (fully-fleshed, including skin) | ||||
| Cadaver 1 | left | 23° | ||
| Cadaver 2 | left | 39° | ||
| Cadaver 3 | left | 32° | ||
| Cadaver 4 | left | 23° | ||
| Cadaver 5 | left | 31° | ||
| Cadaver 6 | left | 33° | ||
| Mean | 30.2° | |||
