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Figure 6

From: The earliest Tyrannida (Aves, Passeriformes), from the Oligocene of France

Figure 6

Skull of the Luberon fossil NT-LBR-014, compared with extant species (Pipridae, Sapayoidae). All left lateral views. Top left, fossil NT-LBR-014; top right, drawing of the preceding. NB: the part below the os lacrimale is collapsed, and seems to have been developed as in, e.g., Sapayoa. arc. jug., arcus jugalis; fen. antorb., fenestra antorbitalis; fen. interorb. dors., fenestra interorbitalis dorsalis; fen. interorb. ventr., fenestra interorbitalis ventralis; for. feath. cr., forehead feather crest; os ect., os ectethmoidale; os lacr., os lacrimale; oss. nas. sept., osseous nasal septum; proc. orb., processus orbitalis of quadrate; proc. otic., processus oticus of quadrate; proc. mand., processus mandibularis of quadrate; rostrum mand., rostrum mandibulare; rostrum max., rostrum maxillare. Scale bars, 5 mm.

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