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From: The larval chondrocranium and its development in Smilisca phaeota with considerations of patterns characteristic for the chondrocranial development of Lalagobatrachia

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3D reconstructions of the chondrocraniumof Smilisca phaeota larvae at Gosner stage 35 in (a) dorsal view (without ceratohyal and branchial basket), (b) lateral view, (c) ventral view (anterior to the left), and (d) frontal view. Abbreviations: acch, articular condyle of ceratohyal; apch, anterior process of ceratohyal; appq, articular process of palatoquadrate; bb, basibranchial; bf, basicranial floor; cbI‐IV, ceratobranchial I–IV; co, orbital cartilage; ep, ethmoid plate; hp, hypobranchial plate; hpq, hyoquadrate process of palatoquadrate; ir, infrarostral cartilage; lop, larval otic process; lpch, lateral process of ceratohyal; mc, Meckel's cartilage; mppq, muscular process of palatoquadrate; oc, otic capsule; pc, parachordal cartilage; ppsc, posterior process of suprarostral cartilage; pr, pars reuniens; prcII, proximal commissure II; qep, quadratoethmoid process; rpmc, retroarticular process of Meckel´s cartilage; sa, suprarostral ala; sb, subocular bar; sc, suprarostral corpus, spI, spicule I; tc, trabecular cartilage; tcI-III, terminal commissure I–III; th, trabecular horn.

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