Cistecephalid Measurements

Cistecephalid Cranial Measurements
Taxon/specimen
Dorsal skull length Intertemporal
(cm)
width, anterior
(cm)
Intertemporal
width, posterior
(cm)
Proportional
width, anterior
Proportional
width, posterior
Length from
pineal foramen to
occiput (cm)
Proportional
length of postpineal skull
Cistecephaloides
6.286
5.089
6.716 0.809576837416481 1.06840598154629
GPIT K52
3.469
2.027
3.791 0.584318247333526 1.09282213894494 N/A
N/A
GPIT K55a
3.164
1.671
2.997 0.528128950695322 0.947218710493047 N/A
N/A
GPIT K55b
3.498
1.840
3.454 0.526014865637507 0.987421383647799 N/A
N/A
GPIT K55c
2.757
1.815
3.074 0.658324265505985 1.11498005077983 N/A
N/A
GPIT K56
3.444
2.040
3.380 0.592334494773519 0.981416957026713 N/A
N/A
0.577824164789172 1.02477184817847 N/A
N/A
SAM-PK-6243
0.414 0.0658606426980592
Kawingasaurus
mean
Zambian taxon
BP/1/3337
6.354
3.747
5.576 0.589707271010387 0.877557444129682
0.672
NHCC LB18
4.496
2.531
4.128 0.562944839857651 0.918149466192171
0.189 0.0420373665480427
NHCC LB19
5.635
3.448
5.229 0.611889973380657 0.927950310559006
0.274 0.0486246672582076
0.588180694749565 0.90788574029362
mean
0.10576015108593
0.0654740616307268
Sauroscaptor
ISI R208
5.163
2.194
3.097
0.42494673639357 0.599845051326748
0.266 0.0515204338562851
ISI R210
4.668
2.600
3.325 0.556983718937446 0.712296486718081
0.134 0.0287060839760069
mean
0.490965227665508 0.656070769022414
0.040113258916146
Cistecephalus
AM 4946
5.139
3.231
4.719 0.628721541155867 0.918272037361354
AMNH FARB 5318
4.545
3.377
4.681 0.743014301430143 1.02992299229923 ?
BP/1/31
6.657
4.925
7.170 0.739822742977317 1.07706173952231
1.241 0.186420309448701
BP/1/33
5.532
3.720
5.256 0.672451193058568 0.950108459869848
1.050 0.189804772234273
BP/1/154
4.383
2.939
3.922 0.670545288615104 0.894820898927675
0.795 0.181382614647502
BP/1/260
7.229
5.984
8.106 0.827777009268225 1.12131691796929 ?
BP/1/506
5.551
4.012
5.508 0.722752657178887 0.992253647991353
0.969 0.174563141776257
BP/1/580
5.203
4.204
5.833 0.807995387276571 1.12108399000577
0.857 0.164712665769748
BP/1/586
3.715
2.370
3.627 0.637954239569314 0.976312247644684
0.786
BP/1/1526
5.979
3.590
6.070 0.600434855326978 1.01521993644422
BP/1/2445
4.365
2.696
4.332 0.617640320733104 0.992439862542955
0.833 0.190836197021764
BP/1/2915
5.064
3.340
4.652
0.65955766192733 0.918641390205371
1.062 0.209715639810427
BP/1/4024
4.897
3.147
5.180
0.64263835001021
1.05779048396978
0.813 0.166020012252399
BP/1/4096
6.281
4.351
7.088 0.692724088520936 1.12848272568062
1.421 0.226237860213342
BP/1/4111
4.410
3.395
5.259
1.19251700680272
0.787 0.178458049886621
BP/1/4114
6.107
4.362
6.825 0.714262321925659 1.11757000163747
1.215 0.198952022269527
BSPG 1932-I-56
4.501
3.136
3.881 0.696734059097978 0.862252832703843
0.906
MB.R.1001
4.954
3.723
4.739 0.751513928138878 0.956600726685507
0.841 0.169761808639483
RC 80
6.272
5.031
7.238 0.802136479591837 1.15401785714286
1.431 0.228156887755102
RC 289
6.020
3.997
6.933 0.663953488372093
1.046
SAM-PK-10665
4.322
2.437
3.300 0.563859324386858 0.763535400277649
0.987 0.228366496992133
SAM-PK-K1686
5.153
3.641
4.715 0.706578692024064 0.915000970308558
1.206 0.234038424218902
0.76984126984127
1
1.15166112956811
1.082
0.21054679898813
?
?
0.21157469717362
1 0.167252048837598
0.20128860253277
0.17375415282392
Taxon/specimen
Dorsal skull length Intertemporal
(cm)
width, anterior
(cm)
Intertemporal
width, posterior
(cm)
Proportional
width, anterior
Proportional
width, posterior
Length from
pineal foramen to
occiput (cm)
Proportional
length of postpineal skull
SAM-PK-K6753
6.113
4.503
6.191 0.736626860788483 1.01275969245869
1.274 0.208408310158678
SAM-PK-K6814
6.289
4.178
1.097 0.664334552393067 0.17443154714581
1.097
SAM-PK-K7852
4.774
2.736
4.055 0.573104315039799 0.84939254294093
0.803 0.168202764976959
SAM-PK-K8304
5.570
4.060
6.144
1.143 0.205206463195691
UCMP 42679
5.132
3.525
4.779 0.686866718628215 0.931215900233827
0.981 0.191153546375682
UCMP 42684
4.501
3.556
5.093
1.13152632748278
1.074 0.238613641413019
UCMP 42802
8.371
7.006
9.037 0.836937044558595 1.07956038705053
1.420 0.169633257675308
USNM 22942
5.934
3.504
5.002 0.590495449949444 0.84293899561847
1.103
mean
0.729
0.7900466562986
1.10305206463196
0.698007521516006 0.981058690437472
Institutional
abbreviations: AM
(Albany Museum,
Grahamstown);
AMNH (American
Museum of
Natural History,
New York); BP
(Evolutionary
Studies Institute,
Johannesburg);
BSPG (Bayerische
Staatssammlung
für Paläontologie
und Geologie);
GPIT
(Paläontologische
Sammlung,
Tübingen); ISI
(Indian Statistical
Institute, Kolkata);
MB (Museum für
Naturkunde,
Berlin); NHCC
(National Heritage
Conservation
Commission,
Lusaka); RC
(Rubidge
Collection,
Wellwood); SAM
(Iziko Museums of
South Africa, Cape
Town); UCMP
(University of
California
Museum of
Paleontology,
Berkeley); USNM
(National Museum
of Natural History,
Washington, D.C.)
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0.17443154714581
0.18587799123694
0.194048954481082