Table 17. Ranked performance of beam and FE models.
| Bite | Shake | Twist | ||||
| Rank | Beam | FEA | Beam | FEA | Beam | FEA |
| 1 | Cm | Cm | Cm | Cng | Cj | Cm |
| 2 | Ot | Ot | Ot | Cm | Cng | Ot |
| 3 | Cng | Cng | Cng | Ot | Ci | Cng |
| 4 | Mc | Mc | Ci | Ci | Mc | Ci |
| 5 | Ci | Ci | Mc | Cj | Ot | Cc |
| 6 | Ts | Cj | Cj | Mc | Cm | Cj |
| 7 | Cj | Ts | Ts | Ts | Ts | Ts |
Performance of FEA models is assessed by the 95% strain values for biting, shaking, and twisting.
Taxon abbreviations are as follows: Ot, Osteolaemus tetraspis; Cm, Crocodylus moreletii; Cng, Crocodylus novaeguineae; Ci, Crocodylus intermedius; Cj, Crocodylus johnstoni; Mc, Mecistops cataphractus; Ts, Tomistoma schlegelii.