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Doran et al. ◀ Dinosaur baraminology ▶ 2018 ICC 429 Figure 48. PCA scores for Otero et al.’s (2015) data matrix for Sauropodomorpha. PC 1 accounts for 33.9% of the variance and PC 2 accounts for 24.1% of the variance. The non-sauropodomorph outgroups (right) form a nearly complete stratomorphic morphoseries leading to the “prosauropods” (top). Sauropods form a discontinuous group (bottom left). Figure 49. PCA scores for Otero et al.’s (2015) data matrix for Sauropodomorpha. PC 1 accounts for 33.9% of the variance and PC 3 accounts for 7.0% of the variance. PC 3 separates non-massopodan sauropodomorphs (top) from non-sauropod massopodans (bottom). Figure 50 . BDC results for Upchurch et al.’s (2004) data matrix of Sauropoda, as calculated by BDISTMDS (relevance cutoff 0.95). Closed squares indicate significant, positive BDC; open circles indicate significant, negative BDC. Figure 51 . Three-dimensional classical MDS applied to Upchurch et al.’s (2004) data matrix for Sauropoda. Members of Neosauropoda ( Diplodocus , Apatosaurus , Brachiosaurus , Dicraeosaurus , Camarasaurus ) are in gray. Shunosaurus (orange) and Omeisaurus (gray) ordinate toward foreground with all other groups (light red) clustering with outgroup (dark red). Scree plot indicates the first coordinate accounts for a majority of the variance.