Why the Long Face? The Mechanics of Mandibular Symphysis Proportions in Crocodiles

• Christopher W. Walmsley ,

  * E-mail: c.w.walmsley@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Peter D. Smits,

  Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Michelle R. Quayle,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Matthew R. McCurry,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Heather S. Richards,

  Affiliation School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Christopher C. Oldfield,

  Affiliation School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Stephen Wroe,

  Affiliations School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Phillip D. Clausen,

  Affiliation School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Colin R. McHenry

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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