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. 2024 Jan 31;12:e16822. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16822

Table 3. Measurements of the mandible of Plesiaceratherium tongxinense sp. nov. (IVPP V 23959).

(mm) (Measurements of P. gracile, P. fahlbuschi, P. platyodon, and P. mirallesi are from Yan & Heissig (1986)).

numbers measures P. tongxinense sp. nov. P. gracile P. fahlbuschi P. platyodon
1 Distance between anterior end of symphysis and mandible angle 470 433–435 435 455
2 Distance between posterior end of symphysis and mandible angle 317
3 Height of horizontal part of ramus at posterior edge of p2 61
4 Height of horizontal part of ramus at posterior edge of p3 65
5 Height of horizontal part of ramus at posterior edge of p4 68
6 Height of horizontal part of ramus at posterior edge of m1 80
7 Height of horizontal part of ramus at posterior edge of m2 89
8 Height of horizontal part of ramus at posterior edge of m3 98 79–88 85–77 85
9 Transverse diameter of lingual edge of horizontal part of ramus at p4-m1 52
10 Transverse diameter of lingual edge of horizontal part of ramus at anterior edge of m3 61 19–21 35 34
11 Length of symphysis along median plane 153 89–96 80–108 96
13 Antero-posterior diameter of vertical part of ramus 131
14 Transverse diameter of condyle 88
15 Height of condyle 238
16 Height of coronoid process 279