Examples of cervical dermal plates from the stegosaur Miragaia longicollum

Examples of cervical dermal plates from M. longicollum (ML 433): (a-d) 7th cervical plate; (e-g) 9th cervical plate, mirrored; (i-m) 10th cervical plate, mirrored; (n-q) 11th cervical plate; (r-t) 12th cervical plate, mirrored; (u-x) 13th cervical plate; (y-bb) 14th cervical plate; (cc-dd) 17th cervical plate. (a, i, o, z), in anterior view; (b, e, h, n, r, u, y, cc) in distal (dorsal) view; (c, f, j, p, s, v, aa, dd), in medial view; (d, g, m, q, t, x, bb, ff) in proximal (ventral) view; (k, w, ee) in posterior view; (l) in lateral view. Dashed lines indicated reconstructed outlines, based on the symmetrical plate and/or neighbor plates. Scale equals 10 cm.