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 7. — Measurements (in cm) of mysticete petrosals. Measurements given to nearest tenth of a millimeter. Total length refers to length of the petrosal body, and does not include the posterior process (preserved only in UCMP 219114 among these specimens).

UCMP 219135
“ Balaenoptera ”
	cortesi “var.”	UCMP 219136	UCMP 219114	UCMP 219115
	portisi	cf. Balaenoptera	Herpetocetus sp. Herpetocetus sp.
Total length as preserved	78.85	86.40	53.34	54.43
Length of pars cochlearis	80.18	59.89	33.11	29.02
Anteroposterior length of promontorium	39.06	37.91	14.46	14.86
Length of anterior process	62.48	65.35	35.35	33.87
Transverse width of anterior process	21.01	23.01	9.80	6.83