Table 5b.
Suture closure patterns for Hystricognathi (26 taxa), Caviomorpha (21 taxa) and Bathyergomorphi (5 taxa) beginning with the first closure event. Simultaneously occurring events are shaded grey
| Hystricognathi | Caviomorpha | Bathyergomorphi |
|---|---|---|
| Interparietal | Interparietal | Exoccipito-supraoccipital |
| Exoccipito-basioccipital | Interpalatine | Interparietal |
| Exoccipito-supraoccipital | Exoccipito-basioccipital | Exoccipito-basioccipital |
| Interpalatine | Exoccipito-supraoccipital | Interpalatine |
| Basisphenoid-presphenoid | Basisphenoid-presphenoid | Palato-orbitosphenoid |
| Palato-orbitosphenoid | Palato-orbitosphenoid | Basisphenoid-presphenoid |
| Maxillo-lacrimal (o) | Maxillo-lacrimal (o) | Intermaxillary |
| Alispheno-orbitosphenoid | Alispheno-orbitosphenoid | Maxillo-palatine (v) |
| Lacrimo-frontal (o) | Lacrimo-frontal (o) | Interfrontal |
| Basisphenoid-basioccipital | Basisphenoid-basioccipital | Maxillo-lacrimal (o) |
| Interfrontal | Orbitospheno-frontal | Alispheno-orbitosphenoid |
| Orbitospheno-frontal | Interfrontal | Supraoccipito-parietal |
| Maxillo-palatine (v) | Palate-alisphenoid | Lacrimo-frontal (f) |
| Maxillo-lacrimal (f) | Maxillo-palatine (v) | Maxillo-lacrimal (f) |
| Intermaxillary | Maxillo-lacrimal (f) | Basisphenoid-basioccipital |
| Palate-alisphenoid | Alispheno-squamosal | Lacrimo-frontal (o) |
| Lacrimo-frontal (f) | Lacrimo-frontal (f) | Fronto-parietal |
| Supraoccipito-parietal | Supraoccipito-parietal | Orbitospheno-frontal |
| Alispheno-squamosal | Intermaxillary | Fronto-squamosal |
| Fronto-squamosal | Pterygo-palatine (v) | Parieto-squamosal |
| Fronto-parietal | Fronto-squamosal | Alispheno-squamosal |
| Pterygo-palatine (v) | Fronto-parietal | Internasal |
| Parieto-squamosal | Supraoccipito-squamosal | Palate-alisphenoid |
| Exoccipito-squamosal | Exoccipito-squamosal | Interpremaxillary |
| Supraoccipito-squamosal | Parieto-squamosal | Exoccipito-squamosal |
| Interpremaxillary | Interpremaxillary | Naso-frontal |
| Premaxillo-maxillary (f) | Premaxillo-maxillary (f) | Premaxillo-maxillary (f) |
| Internasal | Premaxillo-maxillary (v) | Supraoccipito-squamosal |
| Premaxillo-maxillary (v) | Mandibular symphysis | Maxillo-jugal |
| Mandibular symphysis | Naso-frontal | Pterygo-palatine (v) |
| Naso-frontal | Internasal | Premaxillo-maxillary (v) |
| Maxillo-jugal | Maxillo-jugal | Mandibular symphysis |
| Jugo-squamosal | Jugo-squamosal | Jugo-squamosal |
| Premaxillo-nasal | Premaxillo-nasal | Premaxillo-nasal |