InoStranCevia afriCana, the first diagnosable gorgonopsian (Therapsida, Synapsida) from the Metangula graben (Mozambique): new anatomical observations and biostratigraphic implications
Author
Macungo, Zanildo
Museu Nacional de Geologia, Av. 24 de Julho, 355 Maputo, Mozambique & Evolutionary Studies Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg WITS 2050, South Africa
zanildo.macungo@mireme.gov.mz
Author
Benoit, Julien
Evolutionary Studies Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg WITS 2050, South Africa
Author
Araújo, Ricardo
Centro de Recursos e Ambiente & Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049 - 001 Lisbon, Portugal.
ricardo.araujo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
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Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
2025
12
2025-03-06
144
1
1
21
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00348-7
journal article
312383
10.1186/s13358-025-00348-7
1fdc6894-7663-45ec-9005-3bc35699705b
1664-2384
16971896
Skull measurements| Region | Measurements (cm) |
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| Skull length (preserved portion) | 33.5 |
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| Skull height (including the braincase base) | 16.5 |
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| Occipital height (from the bottom of the occipi- 14 tal condyle) |
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| Occipital width (left portion incomplete; right portion rotated posteriorly) | ~ 19 |
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| Snout length (preserved portion only =anterior to the left orbit) | 11.4 |
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| Intertemporal width | 17 |
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| Interorbital width | 15.8 |
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| Right temporal fenestra anteroposterior length | 9.5 |
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| Right temporal fenestra dorsoventral height | 7 |
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| Orbit anteroposterior length | 10.7 |
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| Orbit dorsoventral height | 4.8 |
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