Table 1. Measurements of Waharoa ruwhenua crania (in cm, to nearest mm).
Measurement | OU 22075 | OU 22163 | OU 22044 |
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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.