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Fig. 5

From: New haplochromine cichlid from the upper Miocene (9–10 MYA) of Central Kenya

Fig. 5

Head and dentition of † W. unicuspidatus gen. et sp. nov. a1–2, Micro-CT renderings; a3, interpretative reconstruction of the head and dentition. The colored lines depict bones that were only recognizable using light microscopy; b, Light microscopical close-up of anterior part of right premaxillary (medial view); note that small conical tooth of the inner row (arrow) lies above large caniniform tooth of the outer row; c, Light microscopical close-up of anterior part of left dentary with conical teeth. Photographs by first author. Abbreviations: ach, anterior ceratohyal; art, angulo-articular; bp & bp´, basipterygium; bh, basihyal; cl & cl´, cleithrum; co, coracoid; dent, dentary; dhh, dorsal hypohyal; e, ectopterygoid; hyo & hyo´, hyomandibula; lac & lac´, lacrimal; mx, maxilla; o, otolith imprint; op, opercle; pa, palatine; pch, posterior ceratohyal; pmx & pmx´, premaxilla; pop, preopercle; psp, parasphenoid, ptt & ptt´, posttemporal; s, symplectic; scl, supracleithrum; sn, supraneural; sop, suboperculum; v, vomer; vhh & vhh´, ventral hypohyal

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