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FIG. 24 in Alcidedorbignya inopinata, a basal pantodont (Placentalia, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia: anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology

  • 1. CR2P UMR 7207 (MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, Sorbonne-Université), Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, case postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)

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FIG. 24. — Anterolateral view of the orbitotemporal fossa of Alcidedorbignya inopinata showing the relationships of the palatine, alisphenoid, and frontal and the anterior opening of the pterygoid canal (stereophotographs, schematic drawing with bone sutures on photo, and schematic drawing with captions): A, MHNC 8372 (left side); B, MHNC 8372 (left side) with a slightly more anterior orientation in order to see the septum between the sphenorbital fissure and the foramen rotundum. Abbreviations: Al, alisphenoid; aopc, anterior opening of the pterygoid canal; ef, ethmoidal foramen; epal, ectopterygoid process of the alisphenoid; fdf, frontal diploic foramina; Fr, frontal; fro, foramen rotundum; Ju, jugal; La, lacrimal; laf, lacrimal foramen; lat, lacrimal tubercle; Mx, maxilla; Os, orbitosphenoid; opf, optic foramen; otf, orbitotemporal foramen; Pa, parietal; Pl, palatine; sof, supraorbital foramen; sf, sphenorbital fissure. Scale bars: A, 1 cm; B, 5 mm.

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Published as part of Muizon, Christian de, Billet, Guillaume, Argot, Christine, Ladevèze, Sandrine & Goussard, Florent, 2015, Alcidedorbignya inopinata, a basal pantodont (Placentalia, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia: anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology, pp. 397-634 in Geodiversitas 37 (4) on page 432, DOI: 10.5252/g2015n4a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5210632

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