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. 2017 Apr 25;5:e3225. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3225

Table 2. Comparison of endocast and labyrinth proportions in pseudosuchians (phytosaurs and crocodile-line archosaurs).

Ratios highlight proportions of the olfactory tract, cerebrum, pituitary, and endosseous labyrinth, and are calculated from Table 1. Question marks denote missing data. For anatomical abbreviations, see Fig. 1 and Table 1.

Ebrachosaurus (phytosaur) Parasuchus (phytosaur) Pseudopalatus (phytosaur) Desmatosuchus (aetosaur) Pelagosaurus (thalattosuchian) Steneosaurus (teleosauroid)
CW:SW 0.18 0.24 0.13 ? 0.29 ?
CW:EL 0.18 0.20 0.14 0.29 0.26 ?
OL:EL 0.53 0.50 0.51 0.26 0.37 ?
PW:PH ? ? ? ? 0.86 1.16
PW:PL ? ? ? ? 0.60 0.82
PL:(EL-OL) 0.15 0.17 ? 0.18 0.28 0.23
LW: LH 1.29 1.29 ? ? 0.79 1.00
ECL:LH 0.39 0.43 ? ? 0.55 0.50
AA:PA 1.25 1.80 ? ? 1.50 2.00
AA:LA 2.84 1.44 ? ? 2.25 2.71
PA:LA 2.27 0.80 ? ? 1.50 1.36