Figure 5
Digital rendering of the reconstructed cranium of M. bassanii specimen PIMUZ T 2477 in occipital view (a), braincase in right lateral view (b) and braincase in ventral view (c). bo bt basioccipital basal tubera, boc basioccipital condyle, CN VII? possible position of the foramen of cranial nerve VII, CNXII? possible position of the hypoglossal foramen, epi epipterygoid, exo exoccipital, fm foramen magnum, mef? hypothetical position of the metotic fissure, op pop opisthotic paroccipital process, op vr opisthotic ventral ramus, pa parietal, pbs bptp parabasisphenoid basipterygoid process, pbs bt parabasisphenoid basal tuber, pbs clp parabasisphenoid clinoid process, pbs cup parabasisphenoid cultriform process, pbs its parabasisphenoid intertuberal surface, pro aif prootic anterior inferior process, qj quadratojugal, qu quadrate, so supraoccipital, sq squamosal.
