Table 1 Landmark description.
From: Functional morphology and integration of corvid skulls – a 3D geometric morphometric approach
Number | Description |
|---|---|
bill | 86 Landmarks and semilandmarks |
1 | bill-tip |
2 L, R | maximum of curvature at the rostral end of the external nares |
3 | most caudal point of the ossified palatine |
4 L, R | bifurcation of the Os palatinum and the Os maxillare close to the rim of the Os maxillare |
5 L, R | maximum of curvature at the caudal end of the external nares |
6 L, R | maximum of curvature at the rostral end of the Fossa et Fenestra antorbitalis |
7 L, R | maximum of curvature at the lateral intersection of the Processus maxillaris and the Os jugale |
8 | mid-point of the cranio-facial hinge |
9 L, R | most posterior point of the Angulus caudolatum (Os palatinum) |
cranium | 66 Landmarks and semilandmarks |
10 L, R | most dorso-lateral point of the Os lacrimale |
11 L, R | most medial point (maximum of curvature) of the Os lacrimale |
12 L, R | most ventro-lateral point of the Os lacrimale |
13 | most ventro-rostral point of the Os mesethmoidale |
14 L, R | most distal point of the Processus postorbitalis |
15 L, R | most distal point of the Processus zygomaticus |
16 | most caudal point of the Condylus occipitalis |
17 L, R | Ostium canalis ophthalmici externi |
18 | most dorsal point of the Foramen magnum |