TABLE 1. Measurements in mm of holotype, OU 22306, Otekaikea huata : skull and mandibles. Dimensions follow Fordyce et al. (2002) and Perrin (1975). Measurements are rounded to the nearest 0.5 mm. For skull and mandible, distances are either horizontal or vertical, unless identified as point to point. + means measurements of preserved distances of broken part.
Skull
|
|
total length, from the most anterior point to posterior of occipital condyles |
790.0+ |
cranial length |
222.0+ |
width of premaxillae at a line across posterior limits of antorbital notches |
39.0+ |
maximum width of premaxillae about the level with mid-orbit |
127.5 |
preorbital width, at level of frontal-lacrimal suture |
209.0+ |
postorbital width, across apices of postorbital processes |
252.0+ |
maximum width across narial aperture |
68.5 |
median length of nasals on vertex, point to point |
7.5 |
maximum length of right nasal on vertex |
31.5 |
median length of frontals on vertex |
35.0 |
greatest width of right temporal fossa, measured to external margin of rised suture |
60.5 |
greatest width of right temporal fossa at right ange to greatest length |
114.0 |
mediolateral diameter of right temporal fossa proper |
82.0 |
anteroposterior diameter of right temporal fossa proper |
64.5 |
distance from posterior of occipital condyle to anterior apex of supraoccipital |
38.5 |
vertical external height of skull, from most ventral part of braincase on basioccipital crest, to dorsal extremity of frontal at vertex |
160.0 |
bizygomatic width |
265.0 |
bicondylar width |
85.5 |
Mandibles |
|
maximum preserved length of left mandible |
533.0+ |
maximum preserved height of left mandible |
116.0+ |
height of condyloid process |
- |
width of condyloid process |
- |
TABLE 2. Measurements in mm of holotype, OU 22306, Otekaikea huata : periotic and tympanic bulla. Dimensions follow Fordyce et al. (2002), Perrin (1975), and Kasuya (1973). Measurements are rounded to the nearest 0.5 mm. For skull and mandible, distances are either horizontal or vertical, unless identified as point to point.
Periotic
|
|
maximum anteroposterior length, from anterior apex of anterior process to apex of posterior process |
44.0 |
maximum anteroposterior length parallel to dorsal margin |
43.0 |
maximum dorsoventral depth anterior process, perpendicular to axis of periotic |
15.0 |
length of anterior process, from anterior apex to level of posterior of mallear fossa |
22.5 |
length of anterior process, from anterior apex of anterior process to level of anterior of pars cochlearis in notch immediately lateral to fine ridge |
14.5 |
dorsoventral depth at fovea epitubaria |
1.5 |
length facet on posterior process point to point |
17.5 |
facial canal anteroposterior diameter |
2.0 |
maximum width of anterior process at base |
11.5 |
approximate anteroposterior length of pars cochlearis |
18.0 |
approximate transverse width of pars cochlearis, from internal edge to fenestra ovalis |
10.5 |
transverse width of periotic, internal face of pars cochlearis to apex of lateral tuberosity |
22.0 |
length of posterior process of periotic |
18.5 |
length of posterior process parallel to posterior profile/ steeply acute to long axis of body |
18.0 |
Tympanic bulla |
|
width of sigmoidal process |
14.0 |
height of sigmoidal process |
8.5 |
TABLE 3. Measurements in mm of holotype, OU 22306, Otekaikea huata : postcranial elements. Dimensions follow Fordyce et al. (2002) and Perrin (1975). Measurements are rounded to the nearest 0.5 mm. For skull and mandible, distances are either horizontal or vertical, unless identified as point to point. + means measurements of preserved distances of broken part.
Atlas |
|
|
maximum preserved length |
63.0 |
|
maximum preserved height |
70.5+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
101.0+ |
|
length of body |
60.0 |
|
height of anterior articular surface |
48.5 |
|
width of anterior articular surface |
90.0 |
|
height of posterior articular surface |
47.5 |
|
width of posterior articular surface |
87.5 |
|
Axis |
|
|
maximum preserved height |
76.0 |
|
maximum preserved width |
129.0 |
|
length of body |
55.5 |
|
length of dens |
23.0 |
|
height of anterior articular surface |
36.0 |
|
width of anterior articular surface |
88.5 |
|
height of posterior articular surface |
49.0 |
|
width of posterior articular surface |
54.5 |
|
4th cervical vertebra |
|
|
maximum preserved length |
39.5 |
|
maximum preserved height |
88.0+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
80.5+ |
|
length of neural spine |
79.0+ |
|
height of neural spine |
11.0+ |
|
length of body |
28.0 |
|
height of anterior articular surface |
47.0 |
|
width of anterior articular surface |
45.5 |
|
height of posterior articular surface |
40.5 |
|
width of posterior articular surface |
46.5 |
|
5th cervical vertebra |
|
|
maximum preserved length |
28.5+ |
|
maximum preserved height |
71.5+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
98.0+ |
|
length of body |
27.0 |
|
height of anterior articular surface |
51.5 |
|
width of anterior articular surface |
51.5 |
|
height of posterior articular surface |
49.0 |
|
width of posterior articular surface |
51.0 |
|
6th cervical vertebra |
|
|
maximum preserved height |
74.0+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
85.5+ |
|
length of body |
26.5 |
|
height of anterior articular surface |
44.0+ |
|
width of anterior articular surface |
47.0 |
|
height of posterior articular surface |
47.0+ |
|
width of posterior articular surface |
46.5+ |
|
Thoracic vertebra 1 in Fig. 14 |
|
|
maximum preserved height |
66.0+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
107.0+ |
|
length of body |
32.0 |
|
Thoracic vertebra 2 in Fig. 14 |
|
|
maximum preserved length |
49.0+ |
|
maximum preserved height |
120.0+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
89.0+ |
|
length of neural spine |
23.0+ |
|
height of neural spine |
49.5+ |
|
length of body |
44.0 |
|
Thoracic vertebra 3 in Fig. 14 |
|
|
maximum preserved length |
83.5+ |
|
maximum preserved height |
128.0+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
83.5+ |
|
length of neural spine |
56.5+ |
|
height of neural spine |
49.0+ |
|
length of body |
58.0 |
|
Thoracic vertebra 4 and 5 in Figure 14 |
|
maximum preserved length |
73.5+ |
|
maximum preserved height |
95.5+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
81.5+ |
|
length of neural spine |
52.0+ |
|
height of neural spine |
16.0+ |
|
length of body |
63.0 |
|
Thoracic vertebra 6 in Figure 14 |
|
|
maximum preserved height |
60.5+ |
|
maximum preserved width |
244.0+ |
|
length of body |
74.5 |
|
Scapula |
left |
right |
maximum preserved length of the left |
284.0+ |
328.0 |
maximum preserved height of the left |
118.0+ |
224.0 |
length of acromion process |
79.0+ |
95.5+ |
length of glenoid fossa |
52.5 |
50.5 |
width of glenoid fossa |
47.5 |
48.5 |
depth of glenoid fossa |
10.0 |
9.0 |
Humerus |
left |
right |
Length |
153.0 |
151.0 |
narrowest length of shaft |
55.0 |
56.0 |
width of shaft at the narrowest point |
39.5 |
41.5 |
Ulna |
left |
right |
Length |
- |
146.0 |
length without olecranon process |
- |
103.0 |
narrowest length of shaft |
- |
40.0 |
width of shaft at the narrowest point |
- |
21.0 |
Radius |
left |
right |
Length |
115.0 |
120.0 |
narrowest length of shaft |
34.0 |
37.0 |
width of shaft at the narrowest point |
26.5 |
27.5 |
Sternum |
|
|
preserved length |
97.0+ |
|
preserved widest width |
86.5+ |
|
preserved narrowest width |
58.0+ |
|