Table 1. Skull measurements of Obdurodon and Ornithorhynchus.
Measurements | Obdurodon | Ornithorhynchus | n |
GLS | 131.20 | 92.80 ± 8.31 | 32 |
Angle (a) | 87.06 | 69.15 ± 3.43 | 25 |
Angle (b) | 80.59 | 93.33 ± 3.55 | 25 |
Infraorbital foramen | 3.47 | 3.13 ± 0.38 | 32 |
Braincase | 35.86 | 32.18 ± 2.19 | 32 |
Zygomatic breadth | 50.63 | 42.20 ± 3.98 | 32 |
Occipital breadth | 27.45 | 23.76 ± 2.36 | 32 |
Orbit | 11.85 | 9.17 ± 0.84 | 32 |
Geometric mean | 25.41 | 21.02 ± 1.87 | 32 |