A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, part II: Pinnipeds and Cetaceans Author Boessenecker, Robert W. text Geodiversitas 2013 2013-12-31 35 4 815 940 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/g2013n4a5 journal article 6402 10.5252/g2013n4a5 fbfe438c-1eae-40cb-b56f-ff8167b283c2 1638-9395 4538200

TABLE 6. — Measurements (in cm) of the skull of Balaenoptera bertae n. sp. (UCMP 219078). *, denotes partial measurement to midline and multiplied by two. Measurements given to nearest tenth of a centimeter.

Total length as preserved	64.5
Transverse width across condyles	16.4
Transverse width of foramen magnum	7.2
Dorsoventral depth of foramen magnum	7.3
Breadth across exoccipitals	42.1
Breadth across postglenoid processes	55.6*
Zygomatic width	61.4*
Interorbital width	55.6*
Breadth across antorbital processes	63.0*
Length of temporal fossa	8.75
Transverse width of temporal fossa	19.6
Intertemporal width	16.6
Posterior cranium to zygomatic process	20.4
Posterior cranium to antorbital process	35.4
Transverse width across basioccipital crests	13.9
Width of supraoccipital at vertex	4.5
Length of supraoccipital	29.0