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(02-28-2022, 09:38 PM)GuateGojira Wrote: Finally Hartstone-Rose et al. (2014), from a sample of 23 female lions (9 captive and 14 wild) it shows that the biggest captive one measured 330.5 X 234.1 mm while the biggest wild is of 311.3 X 204.5 mm. They also mention a "female" with a skull of 372.8 X 249.2 mm, but is obviously from a male.
So basically I guess that until we get the proper source for that lioness the largest reliable skull length measurements lays between 311 - 330 MM. Whereas anything over there has to be takes as unverified.