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 10. — Measurements (in cm) of odontocete crania. *, denotes partial measurement to midline and multiplied by two; (inc), denotes incomplete measurement due to breakage. Measurements given to nearest tenth of a centimeter.

	UCMP 219700	UCMP 219123	UCMP 219503
	Parapontoporia sternbergi	cf. Phocoena	Phocoenidae unnamed genus 2
Total length as preserved	40.4 (inc)	18.4 (inc)	34.8
Length of rostrum	28.9 (inc)	–	17.9
Depth at base of rostrum	4.3	2.83	2.9
Breadth of base of rostrum	5.2*	7.8*	8.1
Width across antorbital processes	10.5	–	13.2
Width across postorbital processes	12.9	–	15.2
Zygomatic width	12.8	–	15.8*
Width across condyles	5.4	–	7.8
Breadth across premaxillary eminences	–	4.6*	4.9
Height of premaxillary eminences	–	1.4	1.5
Posterior width of braincase	10.9	–	13.6
Width of bony naris	2.6*	–	2.9
Length of bony naris	2.6	–	3.2
Width of foramen magnum	2.5	–	4.0
Height of foramen magnum	2.4	–	2.5
Height of temporal fossa	4.3	–	3.2
Length of temporal fossa	5.8	–	7.1
Height of skull at vertex	11.3	–	14.3