. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. South African Fossil Reptiles and Amphibia. 209 is a small foramen leading into a canal which passes up through the body of the bone into the hypophysial fossa. This is possibly a carotid foramen. The pro-otic forms the posterior and part of the ventral borders of the pituitary fossa. Superiorly it is pierced by the incisura pro-oticum and posteriorly it forms with the inner end of the opisthotic the border of the. oval foramen lying between the post- temporal fossa and the incisura pro-oticam. The ep
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. South African Fossil Reptiles and Amphibia. 209 is a small foramen leading into a canal which passes up through the body of the bone into the hypophysial fossa. This is possibly a carotid foramen. The pro-otic forms the posterior and part of the ventral borders of the pituitary fossa. Superiorly it is pierced by the incisura pro-oticum and posteriorly it forms with the inner end of the opisthotic the border of the. oval foramen lying between the post- temporal fossa and the incisura pro-oticam. The epipterygoid is preserved on the left side of the specimen. Its ventral end is a broad thin plate and is supported by the posterior horizontal ramus of the pterygoid, from which it seems to be dis- tinctly separated. Superiorly the bone soon becomes a small rod, oval in cross-section, and covering the incisura Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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