TABLE 1 in A new physeteroid from the late Miocene of Peru expands the diversity of extinct dwarf and pygmy sperm whales (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Kogiidae)

TABLE 1. — Measurements (in mm) of the skulls of Platyscaphokogia landinii n. gen., n. sp., from the upper Miocene of the Pisco Formation (East Pisco Basin, southern Peru). Estimated dimensions are preceded by ‘ e ’.
MUSM 3405 (holotype)MUSM 3291 (paratype)Maximum preserved length of skull550395Length of rostrum300270Width of rostrum at base158167Height of rostrum at base70–Width of rostrum at mid length106120Height of rostrum at mid length4553Width of rostrum at ¾ length, measured from posterior end7079Height of rostrum at ¾ length, measured from posterior end3942Width of mesorostral groove at apex of rostrum3837Maximum width of dorsal opening of mesorostral groove posterior to dorsomedial contact between premaxillae along rostrum2328Distance from tip of rostrum to right external naris320e 290Greatest preorbital widthe 250e 245Least supraorbital width235e235Greatest postorbital widthe 255e 250Width of left external bony naris16–Width of right external bony naris11–Greatest width across external bony nares38–Greatest width across premaxillae89–Width across premaxillae at mid length of rostrum6362