TABLE 1. List of unopened bamboo corsets and wooden crates from the GTE, with content as derived from CT data. PPL is Preservation Priority Level and can be scored with 1, 2, or 0. *Specimens with asterisk were measured and used in Hübner et al. 2021. Abbreviations in samples: “Ig 88 ” and similar, field numbers on bamboo corsets and crates; “ Ig_NN1 ” and similar, bamboo corsets without field numbers; “ Ig_2022_1 ”, wooden crates.
| Container and Labelling |
Conservation type |
Taxa | Bone elements (number) and preservation |
Mention in Field catalogue of Janensch, 1909-1911 |
PPL 1/2/0 | Rationale for PPL Scores 1 and 2 |
Preservation in original condition preferred? |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 88” | 12 clay jackets, separate cluster of vertebral and elongate bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | 4 vertebral centra, 1 distal femur*, 1 distal humerus, several fragments of dorsal ribs | No reference | 1 | Material of Kentrosaurus | No |
| Kentrosaurus | 2 caudal vertebral centra (one of them with separate neural arch), 1 haemapophysis, 1 distal humerus, 1 distal femur, 1 ilium, 1 ischium | Ig 88, dorsal vertebra of stegosaur | |||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig 122, 124, 266, 267, 269, 270, 272, 276” | 5 clusters wrapped in Savanna grass, 4 with vertebral centra, 1 with long bone remains | Dysalotosaurus | More than 50 dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebral centra; 1 distal femur*, 1 tibia in single parts, long bone shaft fragments | Ig122, femur; Ig 124 = unreadable; Ig266, 267, 268, leg bones; Ig 270, 272, vertebrae; Ig. 276, ?; Ig 125-243, leg bones | 0 | Preservation because of savanna grass wrapping and different packing types | Yes |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 133, 151, 152, 191” | 4 complete long bones broken in pieces and with sediment | Dysalotosaurus | 3 femora* of different sizes, 1 tibia | Ig 125-243, leg bones | 2 | Sediment slabs makes screen washing possible | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 189, 211, 213” | 8 clay jackets, some loose rocks in the corset | Dysalotosaurus | 1 dentary fragment and 2 other skull fragments; 1 dorsal rib shaft; 1 ischium; 1 tibia in 3 pieces, 2 proximal tibiae | Ig 125-243, leg bones | 1 | Cranial and dentary material of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 202, 203, 204, 212, 214,231” | 10 clay jackets, one unprepared tibia in 7 parts | Dysalotosaurus | 3 femora of different sizes, 1 tibia, 1 fibula, all bones broken in several pieces | Ig 125-243, leg bones | 0 | Different complete hindlimb bones of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 230” | 8 clay jackets, cluster of vertebral centra and dorsal rib fragments | Dysalotosaurus | At least 25 dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebral centra, dorsal rib fragments | No reference | 1 | Giraffatitan cervical rib | No |
| Giraffatitan | Cervical rib in several single pieces | No reference | |||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig 233, 279, 299, 306, 315, 321, 325, 326,328” | 13 clay jackets, cluster of small unprepared bones | Dysalotosaurus | 1 femur, 1 tibia, 2 fibulae, 1 dorsal rib, 1 iilum fragment, other undetermined long bone fragments | Ig 125-243, leg bones; Ig279, leg bones; Ig 297-319, ?; Ig 321-332, together, diverse | 2 | cluster of unprepared small bones | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 248, 249, 250, 253, 254” | Long bones unprepared and in parts | Dysalotosaurus | 1 femur*, 1 tibia, 1 fibula, 3 metatarsals, all in fragments | Ig 247-250, leg bones; Ig 253-254, leg bones found lying together | 2 | metatarsals of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 256, 262, 264, 273, 282” | 9 clay jackets, one unprepared tibia in 7 parts | Dysalotosaurus | 1 femur*, 2 tibiae (prox), 1 fibula, 1 metatarsal, all broken | Ig256, leg bones,; Ig262-269, leg bones; Ig273, rib; Ig 282, leg bones | 2 | metatarsals of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 277, 279, 284” | 5 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | Tibia | Ig 277, leg (shoulder); Ig 279, legs (together with Ig 278, 280); Ig 284, leg bones | 1 | Material of Kentrosaurus | No |
| Kentrosaurus | 1 right scapula and humerus, 1 left scapula prox. | ||||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig 281” | 4 clay jackets, 8 bone fragments in sediment | Dysalotosaurus | 1 dentary fragment, 1 distal femur, 2 dorsal vertebral centra, undetermined bone fragments | Ig281, vertebra | 1 | Fragmentary dentary of Dysalotosaurus, sauropod vertebra material | No |
| Sauropoda indet. | Presumable dorsal vertebral fragments and pneumatic transverse process | ||||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig 291, 291” | 3 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 femur* in three parts and with sediment matrix, 1 small rib | IG 291, ? | 2 | Contains sediment for screen washing | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304” | 10 clay jackets, 2 bone fragments with matrix | Dysalotosaurus | 1 femur, 2 fibulae, 1 metatarsal, 4 dorsal ribs, some undetermined long bone fragments | Ig 297-319, ? | 2 | Dorsal ribs of Dysalotosaurus, contains sediment for screen washing | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 305, 303, 307, 310, 317, 318, 319” | 10 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 ilium (anterior part broken), 1 femur proximal, 1 tibia, 1 metatarsal, 2 dorsal ribs fragments, long bone fragments | Ig 297-319, ? | 1 | Kentrosaurus vertebra | No |
| Kentrosaurus | 1 caudal vertebral centrum with base of neural arch | ||||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig 310, 311, 312, 313, 314” | 9 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 2 femora (1 large, 1 small), 1 tibia, 5 metatarsals | Ig 297-319, ? | 1 | Sauropod material | No |
| Sauropoda indet. | Pneumatic transverse process of dorsal vertebra | ||||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig 320, 322, 329, 344, 348, 349, 357, 358” | 3 clay jackets, 20 isolated bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | 2 complete femora in parts, metapodial fragments, dorsal rib fragments, other unidentified bone fragments | No reference | 2 | Dorsal ribs and metapodials of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 323, 327, 333, 334, 337, 341, 362, 364 (?)” | 9 clay jackets, 12 single bone fragments in savanna grass, another strongly broken bone part | Dysalotosaurus | Fragments of one ilium, 2 femora, 2 tibiae, 2 fibulae, all of two different sizes; 1 unidentified long bone | Ig 321-332, diverse (together); Ig 333-342, diverse (together); Ig 359-367, diverse (together) | 0 | Preservation because of clay jacket, savanna grass wrapping | Yes |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 329, 323, 361, 362, 363, 356” | 6 tin cans filled with bones, 1 clay jacket | Dysalotosaurus | 1 caudal vertebral centrum, lots of small long bone fragments and ribs | Ig 321-332, diverse (together); Ig 333-342, diverse (together); Ig 359-367, diverse (together) | 2 | Large collection of unidentified small bones | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 330, 339, 347, 349 350, 351, 352, 356, 360, 346, 366” | 7 tin cans, 4 clusters of bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | Small vertebrae, long bone fragments, other flat bone fragments | Ig 321-332, diverse (together); Ig 333-342, diverse (together); Ig 359-367, diverse (together) | 2 | Large collection of unidentified small bones | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 335, 336, 338, 368” | 5 clay jackets, 1 head of a femur, at least 7 slabs of sediment matrix with bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | 1 humerus, 1 femur*, tibia and fibula all prox. Half, bone shaft fragments | Ig 321-332, diverse (together); Ig 333-342, diverse (together); Ig 359-367, diverse (together) | 2 | Humerus of Dysalotosaurus and sediment for screen washing | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 343, 346, 354, 359, 366, 383” | 6 cluster of bone parts, at least 4 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | Ig 343-357, diverse (together); Ig 359-367, diverse (together); Ig382-385, leg bones | 2 | Ilium of Dysalotosaurus | No | |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 379, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388” | 10 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | Ilium, ischium, 2 dorsal ribs, 2 femora (1 large, 1 small), 2 metatarsals, bone fragments | Ig 382-385, leg bones; Ig 386-388, ? | 2 | Ilium, ischium and metatarsals of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 400, 412, 482, 483, 485” | 13 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 prox. Femur, 1 ilium fragment, fragments of dorsal ribs, undetermined long bone fragments | Ig 399-411, 412-413, Ig 416-496, diverse, found together | 0 | No | |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 401, 415, 416, 417, 472, 475” | 15 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 well preserved ilium, 1 prox. Fibula, at least 2 metatarsals, long bone fragments | Ig 399-411, Ig 416-496, diverse, found together; Ig415, Brachiosaurus left Mt I (note that a specimen with this field number is already in collection as MB.R.2393) | 1 | supposed material of Giraffatitan, MtII | No |
| Giraffatitan brancai | Left metatarsal II | ||||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig 402, 403, 406, 413, 414” | 11 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 2 femora** in parts, 2 metatarsals in parts | Ig 399-411, 412-413, diverse, found together | 2 | Metatarsals of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 420, 439, 453, 512” | 12 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 complete femur* in pieces, 1 distal femur, 1 small tibia, 1 larger and 1 smaller part of proximal ischium | Ig 416-496, Ig511-515, diverse, found together | 2 | Partial ischium of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 425, 473, 476, 477, 484” | 7 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 2 femora, at least 2 metatarsals, long bone fragments in large sediment slab | Ig 416-496, diverse, found together | 2 | Metatarsals of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 428, 459, 501, 504, 506, 508, 509, 514, 520, 526” | 14 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 ilium, at least 5 dorsal ribs (one of them complete), 1 humerus, 1 ulna & radius, 3 metapodium fragments | Ig 416-496, 499-515, 517-537, diverse, found together | 2 | Forelimb elements, ilium and dorsal ribs of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 440, 443, 444, 434, 432, 442” | 9 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 tibia in 4 pieces, 1 metatarsal in 5 pieces, 1 phalanx, 1 ilium fragment, undetermined long bone remains | Ig 416-496, diverse, found together | 2 | Ilium and autopodial elements of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 446, 447, 448, 450, 460, 467” | 11 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 1 femur, 1 tibia in fragments, at least 5 metatarsals, ?autopodial elements | Ig 416-496, diverse, found together | 1 | Preservation priority level 1 because of possible autopodial bone | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 498” | 3 clay jackets | Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes | Neural arch with hyposphene and neural spine, some more fragments in 3 clay jackets | Ig497-498, cervical vertebra sauropod | 1 | Vertebral material of sauropods | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 522, 527, 528, 539, 543, 544“ | 10 clay jackets, single bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | 1 large tibia & fibula, 1 large ulna, 1 small tibia & fibula, metatarsal, dorsal rib body | Ig517-537, 538-570, diverse, found together | 2 | Ulna and metatarsal of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 537, 540, 547, 549, 562” | 3 clay jackets, lot of small unprepared bones and vertebral centra in matrix | Dysalotosaurus | At least 5 vertebral centra, 2 neural arches, 1 coracoid, 1 distal femur*, metatarsal, long bone fragments | Ig517-537, 538-570, diverse, found together | 2 | Coracoid, neural arches and metatarsal of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig 590, 597, 599, 603, 605” | 10 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 3 tibiae in several parts | Ig580-607, diverse, found together | 1 | Kentrosaurus material | No |
| Kentrosaurus aethiopicus | 1 haemapophysis | ||||||
| Bamboo corset “Ig_NN1” (No Ig numbers outside) | One larger and one smaller cluster of vertebral centra and small bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | More than 30 single vertebral centra (dorsal, sacral and caudal region), small long bone fragments | No reference | 0 | No | |
| Bamboo corset “Ig_NN2” (No Ig numbers outside) | 9 cluster of vertebral centra and bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | 1 sacral vertebral centrum, 37 other vertebral centra, undetermined bone fragments | No reference | 0 | No | |
| Bamboo corset “Ig_NN3” (No Ig numbers outside) | 9 cluster of vertebral centra and bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | At least 55 vertebral centra, some of them from dorsal and caudal region, ?phalanges, ?small dorsal rib fragments, bone fragments | No reference | 2 | Potential phalanges and undetermined bone fragments of Dysalotosaurus | No |
| Bamboo corset “Ig_NN4” (No Ig numbers outside) | 3 big clusters of vertebral centra | Dysalotosaurus | Estimated 66 vertebral centra from dorsal and caudal region | No reference | 0 | Preservation because of clusters of vertebrae | Yes |
| Bamboo corset “Ig_NN5” (No Ig numbers outside) | 2 clay jackets and bone fragments in matrix | Dysalotosaurus | 1 femur in several parts,1 tibia in parts, 2 metatarsals | No reference | 2 | Metatarsals of Dysalotosaurus | 0 |
| Bamboo corset “Ig_NN6“ (No Ig numbers outside) | 3 tin cans (2 of them composed by different cans), 1 cluster of vertebral centra | Dysalotosaurus | 29 vertebra, some of them from sacral and caudal region, small bone fragments in tin cans | No reference | 2 | Tin cans with undetermined bone fragments | yes |
| Crate “Ig_2011_1” (Ig 140, 143, 156, 158, 165, 184, 208, 210, 215, 218, 221, 228) | Bone fragments with sediment packed in 8 Savanna grass bundles and 4 bamboo stalks | Dysalotosaurus | At least 1 femur, 2 tibiae, 2 fibulae, 2 metatarsals, other long bone fragments | Ig 125-243, leg bones | 1 | Material of Kentrosaurus; but also only example of bamboo stalks | yes |
| Kentrosaurus | Ulna | ||||||
| Crate Ig_2011_2 (Ig 261) | 5 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | At least 2 femora, 1 fibula, 1 metatarsal, other long bone fragments | Ig 261, cervical vertebra sauropod - no sauropod material detected! | 1 | Material of Kentrosaurus | No |
| Kentrosaurus | Proximal ilium fragment | ||||||
| Crate Ig_2011_3 (Ig 1009) | 7 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 3 femora in pieces | No reference | 0 | 0 | No |
| Crate Ig_2011_4 (No Ig numbers outside) | 2 sediment blocks with densely packed bones | Dysalotosaurus | 1 complete dorsal vertebra, 1 fibula, other long bones and vertebrae that cannot be visualized individually | No reference | 2 | Sediment blocks for screen washing | No |
| Crate Ig_2011_5 (No Ig numbers outside) | Large collection of vertebral centra and single long bone fragments | Dysalotosaurus | Sacral and dorsal vertebral centra, 1 proximal femur, 1 metatarsal, few long bone fragments | No reference | 2 | Metatarsals of Dysalotosaurus and undetermined bone fragments | No |
| Crate Ig_2011_6 (No Ig numbers outside) | 9 clay jackets | Dysalotosaurus | 2 femora, 1 tibia, 1 fibula in pieces | No reference | 0 | Preservation as an example for clay jackets and packing in a crate | Yes |
