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Fig. 26 | BMC Ecology and Evolution

Fig. 26

From: Phylogenetic history influences convergence for a specialized ecology: comparative skull morphology of African burrowing skinks (Squamata; Scincidae)

Fig. 26

Isolated otoccipital neurocranium of A T. brevipes and B T. gracilis; in dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, and lateral views from top to bottom. ascc, anterior semicircular canal; avc, anterior opening of the vidian canal; bo, basioccipital; bp, basipterygoid process; cal, crista alaris; cpro, crista prootica; crif, crista interfenestralis; crs, crista sellae; crt, crista tuberalis; fm, foramen magnum; fov, fenestra ovalis; hscc, horizontal semicircular canal; hvc, lateral head vein; ip, incisura prootica; la, lateral ampulla; lrst, lateral opening of the recessus scalae tympani; occ, occipital condyle; ocr, occipital recess; oto, otooccipital; pop, paroccipital process; pro, prootic; pscc, posterior semicircular canal; pvc, posterior opening of the vidian canal; so, supraoccipital; sopa, facet for the processus ascendens; sph, sphenoid; spht, sphenooccipital tubercle; st, sella turcica; trb, trabecula; VII, foramen of CN VII; X, foramen of CN X; XII, foramen of CN XII. Scale bars = 1 mm

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