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. 2015 Mar 10;3:e818. doi: 10.7717/peerj.818

Table 1. Description of the 23 cranial measurements used in this study.

See Fig. 1 for diagram. Modified from Dodson (1975a).

# Description of variable
1 Skull width at posterior border of external nares
2 Skull width at 4th maxillary tooth
3 Skull width at anterior border of orbit
4 Skull width at posterior border of quadratojugals
5 Skull width across exoccipitals
6 Skull length from tip of snout to quadrates
7 Skull length from tip of snout to anterior border of orbits
8 Skull length from posterior border of orbit to external condyle of quadrate
9 Orbit length
10 Orbit width
11 Orbit separation
12 Lateral temporal fenestra length
13 Lateral temporal fenestra height
14 Maxilla length
15 Palatal fenestra width
16 Distance from the posterolateral corner of the pterygoid to the medial condyle of quadrate
17 Height of skull from pterygoid process to dorsal surface of skull, perpendicular to long axis
18 Maximum depth of jaw
19 External mandibular fenestra length
20 External mandibular fenestra width
21 Retroarticular process length, from crest of ridge posterior to articular cotyles to tip of process
22 Palatal fenestra length
23 Foramen magnum width