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Polydactyl Alligator Pressure and Digit Use Data Trevor Brewington (24431966) Richard Blob (15470285) Roshna E. Wunderlich (289851) David Munteanu (11472140) Masaya Iijima (11472061) Biomechanics Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified Functional Morphology locomotion evolutionary biomechanics <p dir="ltr"><b><u>Alligator Pressure Data- </u></b></p><p dir="ltr">Dataset that displays:</p><ul><li>trial number (by each limb in each alligator)</li><li>peak pressure per trial</li><li>mass of each alligator (n=3)</li><li>normalized peak pressure</li><li>polydactyl digit use (if applicable)</li></ul><p dir="ltr">**Polydactyl limbs</p><p dir="ltr"><b><u>Gator Limb Data-</u></b></p><p dir="ltr">Gator_Limb_data.csv files show trails divided based on if the trials contained polydactyl or non-polydactyl limbs and trials where polydactyl digits were used or not used. </p><p dir="ltr">gtrfore P - polydactyl forelimbs trials</p><p dir="ltr">gtrfore NP - non-polydactyl forelimbs trials</p><p dir="ltr">gtrfore PU- polydactyl forelimbs trials with supernumerary digits utilized</p><p dir="ltr">gtrfore PnU - polydactyl forelimbs trials with supernumerary digits not utilized</p><p dir="ltr">gtrhind P - polydactyl hindlimbs trials</p><p dir="ltr">gtrhind NP - non-polydactyl hindlimbs trials</p><p dir="ltr">gtrhind PU- polydactyl hindlimbs trials with supernumerary digits utilized</p><p dir="ltr">gtrhind PnU- polydactyl hindlimbs trials with supernumerary digits utilized</p><p dir="ltr">Gator_Limb_data.r are two R scripts used to calculate the limb metric data and differences in polydactyl digit use. </p><p dir="ltr"><b><u>all1p68a- </u></b>Footfall trial video from the dorsal perspective of stationary wooden trackway/ pressure mat.</p><p dir="ltr"><b><u>all1p68b-</u></b> Footfall trial video from the lateral perspective of stationary wooden trackway/ pressure mat.</p><p dir="ltr"><b><u>Raw Pressure Data- </u></b></p><p dir="ltr">Files show space-delimited frames to help distinguish each footfall during a trial. The values listed within the .lst file are maximum pressure values that are relevant to our statistical test. Not all files have an equal number of maximum pressure values listed because number of recorded footfalls per trial varied.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p> 2026-09-23T03:42:11Z Dataset Dataset 10.6084/m9.figshare.33969166.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Polydactyl_Alligator_Pressure_and_Digit_Use_Data/33969166 CC BY 4.0