Table 1.

Relative timing of onset of ossification (ranks) in pooled cranial and post-cranial elements for Loxodonta africana.

ranks	elements
1	premaxilla
1	maxilla
3	palatine
1	dentary
3	frontal
3	parietal
3	squamosal
5	basioccipital
3	nasal
3	pterygoid
3	exoccipital
12	basisphenoid
3	jugal
3	lacrimal
3	alisphenoid
10	orbitosphenoid
16	periotic
1	humerus
3	ribs
2	femur
3	radius
3	ulna
3	scapula
4	cervicals
3	thoracics
3	tibia
3	fibula
6	lumbar
8	sacral
9	caudal
3	ilium
13	manual phalanges
14	pedal phalanges
7	ischium
13	pubis
7	metacarpals
11	metatarsals
15	tarsals
16	carpals
15	sternum