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. 2015 Sep 1;3:e1227. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1227

Table 1. Measurements of holotype skull and mandibles (USNM 546125) of Isthminia panamensis, in mm (modified after Perrin, 1975 and Tanaka & Fordyce, 2014).

Measurement (mm)
Skull
Total length from the most anterior point to the posterior most point 571+
Cranial length 185+
Length of rostrum—from tip to line across hindmost limits of antorbital notches 381
Width of rostrum at base—along line across hindmost limits of antorbital notches 124*
Width of rostrum at 60 mm anterior to line across hindmost limits of antorbital notches 90*
Width of rostrum at mid-length 36+
Width of premaxillae at mid-length of rostrum 31+
Width of rostrum at 3/4 length, measured from posterior end 50*
Greatest width of premaxillae 78*
Projection of premaxillae beyond maxillae measured from tip of rostrum to line across foremost tips of maxillae visible in dorsal view 85+
Width of premaxillae at a line across posterior limits of antorbital notches 48*
Maximum width of premaxillae at mid-orbit level 52*
Preorbital width at level of frontal-lacrimal suture 184*
Postorbital width across apices of postorbital processes 232*
Distance from tip of rostrum to external nares (to mesial end of anterior transverse margin of right naris) 419+
Distance from foremost end of junction between nasals to hindmost point of margin of supraoccipital crest 68
Greatest width of external nares 49
Median length of the nasals 58
Maximum length of the right nasal 58
Median length of frontals on the vertex 25
Vertical external height of the skull from ventral most braincase to dorsal extremity of vertex 150+
Bizygomatic width 262*
Length of upper left tooth row—from hindmost margin of hindmost alveolus to tip of rostrum 329
Number of teeth—upper left 18
Number of teeth—upper right 18
Mandible
Maximum preserved length of left mandible 478+
Maximum preserved height of left mandible 74+
Number of teeth—lower left 17
Number of teeth—lower right 18
Length of the lower tooth row from tip of mandible to posterior margin of posterior most alveolus 315

Notes.

Asterisk indicates doubling of measurement from one side. Positive sign indicates preserved distance.