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. 2015 Sep 10;3:e1129. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1129

Table 1. Measurements of Waharoa ruwhenua crania (in cm, to nearest mm).

Measurement OU 22075 OU 22163 OU 22044
Condylobasal length 109.8(e) 183.3
Premaxilla length 57.0 70.9 133.1
Greatest transverse width of premaxilla 3.7 3.0 5.9
Transverse width of premaxilla at naris 1.3 1.1 2.9
Transverse width of bony naris 5(e)
Maxilla length 50.4 113.8
Greatest width of maxilla as preserved 7.2 8.0 12.1
Nasal length 20.5 22.4 36.1
Transverse width of anteriormost nasal 2.5 2.0 2.8
Transverse width of posteriormost nasal 1.3 1.9 3.1
Preorbital width of frontal 31.2 30.8*
Postorbital width of frontal 33.0 33.4 50.6*
Transverse width of ethmoid recess 10.3 10.4
Anteroposterior length of supraorbital process as preserved 12.4 11.0* 12.6*
Anteroposterior length of temporal fossa, frontal to subtemporal crest 15.7 22.3
Anteroposterior length of temporal fossa, frontal to nuchal crest 24.8 34.3
Length of parietal, occipital apex to frontoparietal suture 8.3 7.5 11.6
Bizygomatic width 32.4 27.6
Transverse width of squamosal at level of glenoid fossa 31.4 42.0
Exoccipital width 25.3 26.8
Anteroposterior thickness of paroccipital process 3.3 2.6*
Width of basioccipital crest 2.9 4.2
Width across basioccipital crests 9.2 11.6
Occipital shield width 17.2 26.0
Width across occipital condyles 13.5
Width of foramen magnum 5.6
Dorsoventral depth of foramen magnum 3.6
Anteroposterior length, exoccipital to anterior margin of supraorbital process 38.9 50.9(e)
Anteroposterior length, postglenoid process to anterior margin of supraorbital process 32.1 45.9
Anteroposterior length of occipital 19.9
Glenoid fossa, maximum diameter 8.0 12.7
Glenoid fossa, minimum diameter 5.4 9.3

Notes.

(e) denotes estimated measurement; asterisk (*) denotes incomplete measurement as preserved.