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English: 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.
Deutsch: Original-Bildunterschrift (übersetzt): Formenspektrum bei Krokodilschädeln. Die Exemplare sind auf in etwa die gleiche Schädelbreite skaliert und entsprechend ihrer dazu im Verhältnis stehenden Schädellänge absteigend geordnet, angefangen bei den am stärksten longirostrinen Formen hin zu den am stärksten brevirostrinen Formen. Links: Cranium und Mandibula in Seitenansicht. Mitte links: Mandibula in Dorsalansicht. Mitte rechts: Cranium in Ventralansicht. Rechts: Artname und Exemplarnummer.
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Source 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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