FIG. 1 in Description of a new species of Cynodictis Bravard & Pomel, 1850 (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Quercy Phosphorites with comments on the use of skull morphology for phylogenetics

FIG. 1. — Schematic representation of cranial measurements on the dog cranium (Canis lupus, modified from Evans 1993) in lateral (top) and ventral (bottom) views. These measurements were taken on the cranium of each specimen of Cynodictis Bravard & Pomel, 1850 studied here. The length of the snout is measured from the anterior edge of the orbit to the anterior of the canine. The width is measured from the anterior edge of one P4 to the other. The height is measured from the frontal-nasal junction on the midline to the palatine. The length of the neurocranium is measured from the inner-most edge of the temporal fossa to the maximum posterior point in strict lateral view. The width is measured between the supramastoid crista processes. The height is measured from the dorsal-most point to the ventral-most point. The total length of the cranium, as well as the length from the occiput to the orbit are also measured. Abbreviations: H, height; L, length; N, neurocranium; OoL, occiput to orbit length; S, snout; SKL, skull length; W, width.