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TABLE 1. Measurements of the skull, rostrum, and tympanic bulla of Cochimicetus convexus.

Measurement Value, cm
Condylobasal length 147
Premaxilla length 100.5
Greatest transverse width of premaxilla 18
Transverse width of premaxilla at nasal 13.2
Transverse width of bone nasal 7
Maxilla length 97
Greatest width of maxilla (preserved) 7.5
Anteroposterior length of temporal fossa, frontal to nuchal crest 19*
Length of parietal, occipital apex to frontoparietal suture 25
Bizygomatic width 51
Transverse width of squamosal at level of the glenoid fossa 48*
Exoccipital width 38
Anteroposterior thickness of paroccipital process 4.7
Width of basioccipital crest 19
Nasal length 27*
Transverse width of anteriormost nasal 6
Transverse width of posteriormost nasal 6.3
Preorbital width of frontal 44.3*
Anteroposterior length of supraorbital process as preserved 9.6
Anteroposterior length of temporal fossa, frontal to subtemporal crest 26*
Occipital shield width 11.5
Width across occipital condyles 14.7
Width of foramen magnum 5.8
Anteroposterior length, exoccipital to anterior margin of supraorbital process 43
Anteroposterior length, postglenoid process to anterior margin of supraorbital process 34.2
Anteroposterior length of occipital 23
Length of the tympanic bulla measured at midpoint 6.2
Width of the tympanic bulla measured at the lateral furrow 3.8
Width of the tympanic bulla measured in the anterior region 3.1
Width of the tympanic bulla measured in the posterior region 4.2
Length of the tympanic bulla measured from the most prominent point of the external prominence 6.4

 

TABLE 2. Measurements of the mandibles of Cochimicetus convexus.

Measurement Value, cm
Total length as preserved 139
Dorsoventral depth at the coronoid process 8
Greatest depth anteriorly 3.5
Length of mandible anterior to coronoid 107
Dorsoventral depth of mandibular foramen 4
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