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Description: Original figure caption: Range of skull shape in crocodilians. Specimens are scaled to approximately the same width and arranged from most longirostrine to most brevirostrine. Left: cranium and mandible in lateral view, Centre left: dorsal view of mandible, Centre right: Cranium in ventral view, Right: species name and specimen number.
Title: Crocodile skull shape comparison Walmsley et al 2013
Credit: Christopher W. Walmsley, Peter D. Smits, Michelle R. Quayle, Matthew R. McCurry, Heather S. Richards, Christopher C. Oldfield, Stephen Wroe, Phillip D. Clausen, Colin R. McHenry (2013): Why the Long Face? The Mechanics of Mandibular Symphysis Proportions in Crocodiles. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53873, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053873 (figure 2 therein).
Author: Christopher W. Walmsley et al.
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