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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.