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Table 1 List of landmarks used for the morphospace analyses depicted in Fig. 3, follow the reference [27]

From: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales

9-landmarks in skull roof configuration

1,7

Anteriormost point of the premaxilla

2,6

Widest point of the skull

3,5

Posteriormost point of the skull

4

End of the skull in middleline

8

Anteromedial point of nasals (end of the beak in the middle line in birds)

9

Posteromedial point of nasals (the cranio-facial hinge in the middle line in birds)