Appendix

List of public institutions where skeletons used in this study are curated:

AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, USA; ANSP, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; BHI, Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota, USA; BMNH, Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, Illinois, USA; BMNS, Boston Museum of Nature and Science, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; BIOPSI, Babiarz Institute of Paleontological Studies, Mesa, Arizona, USA. BSP, Bayerische Staatsamlung fur Palaontologie und Historische Geologie, Munich, Germany; CM, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; CMN, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CMNH, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; DDM, Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; DMNS, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado, USA; FMNH, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA; FPDM, Fukui Prefectoral Dinosaur Museum, Fukui, Japan; GCM, Garfield County Museum, Jordan, Montana, USA; GMNH, Gunma Museum of Natural History, Gunma, Japan; GNSM, Gwacheon National Science and Technology Museum, Gwacheon, South Korea; GSC, Geological Survey of Canada; LACM, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA; LDP, Lance Dinosaur Project, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; MOR, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, USA; MRF, Marmarth Research Foundation, Marmarth, North Dakota, USA; MWT, Museum of World Treasures, Wichita, Kansas, USA. NCSM, North Carolina State Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; NDGS, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA; NSM, National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan; PTRM, Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, Bowman, North Dakota, USA; RAM, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Palaeontology, Claremont, California, USA; RSM, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; SDSM, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA; SMF, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; SMM, Science Museum of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; SMNH, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA; TCMI, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; TMP, Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Aleberta, Canada; UCM, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA; UCMP, University of California Museum of Palaeontology, Berkeley, California, USA; UCRC, University of Chicago Research Collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA; UMMP, University of Michigan Museum of Palaeontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; UND, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA; UW, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. VRD, Sierra College, Rocklin, California, USA; WVGES, West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, Morgantown, Virginia, USA.

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