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. 2018 Dec 7;6:e5964. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5964

Table 3. Description and scoring of the additional characters 32, 33, 62, 64, 87, 88, and 92.

Character Bone Character description Desmatochelys lowii Eretmochelys imbricata Dermochelys coriacea Chelydra serpentina
32 Postorbital Recess on the ventral side of the dorsal part of the postorbital. 0 = absent; 1 = present 1 0 0 1
33 Position of notch in the posterior margin of the orbit. 0 = at the top of the orbit; 1 = at the mid level 1 0 0 1
62 Epipterygoid Participation of the epipterygoid to the foramen nervi trigemini. 0 = absent; 1 = present 0 1
64 Prootic Extent of the suture with the parietal. 0 = very short or absent; 1 = long 1 0 0 1
87 Dorsomedial process of the prootic in medial view. 0 = absent, prootic has a similar height to the opisthotic; 1 = present, prootic process significantly higher then opisthotic 0 0 1
88 Opisthotic Participation of the opisthotic to the formation of the foramen stapedio-temporale. 0 = absent; 1 = present 1 0 1 0
92 Quadrate Processus epipterygoideus. 0 = absent; 1 = present 0 1 1 1