Fig. 2: Volume renderings of high-resolution µCT scans showing 3D anatomy of select elements of Ngamugawi wirngarri gen. et sp. nov.
From: A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics
A–D ‘Part a’ of WAM 09.6.148 (holotype) shown in two views; E–G cranial endocast reconstruction from WAM 09.6.148 in dorsal, ventral and left lateral view; H–J partial braincase of NMV P231504 (paratype) shown in left lateral, posterior and ventral views; K–N left mandible of WAM 09.6.148 (holotype) shown in left lateral, medial/mesial, dorsal and ventral views. Abbreviations: Ang Angular, ant.scc anterior semicircular canal, Bb basibranchial, Bpt Basipterygoid process, Cb ceratobranchial Cor coronoids, Dt dentary, end canals for endolymphatic ducts, Enpt entopterygoid EthSph ethmosphenoid, hf hypophysis, ica canal for internal carotid artery, lat.scc lateral semicircular canal, L.Gu lateral gular, Lj lachrymojugal, n.I-VII cranial nerves I to VII, Mand mandible, nc nasal capsule, nc notochordal canal, Op operculum, OtOcc otico-occipital, Pa parietal, Po postorbital, Pop preoperculum, Pp postparietal, post.scc posterior semicircular canal, PQ palatoquadrate, pr.a antotic process, pr.c processes connectens, Psph parasphenoid, Psym parasymphysial, pv canal for pituitary vein, ro rostral organ, sacc sacculus, Spl Splenial, Sq squamosal, soph canal for superficial ophthalmic nerve. All CT data and models are available via: www.morphosource.org/projects/000485769?locale=en.
