Figure 3
Digitally rendered reconstruction of the cranium of M. bassanii specimen PIMUZ T 2477 in dorsal (a) and ventral (b) view, and detail of the left palatine in ventral view (c, not to scale). Note that the bones of the palate have been removed in a and the focus lies on the palatal bones in b. The palatine shows antero-posterior heterodonty, whereby anteriorly the teeth are more bulbous and ventrally directed, whereas posteriorly they are slenderer and medially directed. ateeth anterior teeth, bo basioccipital, ect ectopterygoid, exo exoccipital, fr frontal, ju jugal, max maxilla, na nasal, op opisthotic, pa parietal, pbs parabasisphenoid, pl palatine, pmax premaxilla, po postorbital, pof postfrontal, prf prefrontal, pt pterygoid, pteeth posterior teeth, qj quadratojugal, qu quadrate, so supraoccipital, sq squamosal, vo vomer.
