Table 2. Occlusal measurements of the maxillary dentition. Ovis ammon, O. canadensis, and O. catclawensis UT from Stokes and Conde (1961). Ovis catclawensis ID from Akersten et al. (2002). Ovis shantungensis from Matsumoto (1926). Ovis zdanskyi from Bohlin (1938). Abbreviations: L, length; W, width.
Taxon | P2W | P2L | P3W | P3L | P4W | P4L | M1W | M1L | M2W | M2L |
Sinocapra willdownsi | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.5 | - | 7.6 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 15.3 |
Ovis zdanskyi | - | - | - | 9.9 | - | 11.5 | - | 21.5 | - | 27.0 |
O. shantungensis | 8.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 19.5 | 15.5 | 22.0 |
O. canadensis ♂ | 7.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 21.0 |
O. catclawensis UT | 7.7-8.5 | 8.0-9.0 | 10.5-11.0 | 9.0-10.0 | 11.5-12.0 | 9.5-10.0 | 14.0 | 17.5-18.0 | 12.5-15 | 22.0 |
O. catclawensis ID | 8.5 | 8.8 | 11.3-11.5 | 7.2 | 11.9-12.1 | 11.2-12.6 | 15.2-15.6 | 16.0-17.2 | 15.3-17.4 | 20.3-24.6 |
O. dalli ♀ | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 18.3 | 12.4 | 19.6 |
O. ammon ♂ | 8.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 25.0 |