Fig. 3
From: Variability and variation in Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood (Paucituberculata, Caenolestidae)
Occipital complex and basicranium of Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood, used to show the sutures between supraoccipital and exoccipital bones (black arrow in A), and exoccipital and basioccipital bones (black arrow in B), based on specimen FMNH 129828♀. Abbreviations: al, alisphenoid; astp, alisphenoid tympanic process; bo, basioccipital; cf., carotid foramen; ec, ectotympanic bone; ef, ethmoidal foramen; eo, exoccipital; fgpn, foramen for the greater petrosal nerve; fm, foramen magnum; fo, foramen ovale; fro, frontal; ft., foramen transversum; gf, glenoid fossa; hf, hypoglossal foramina; ips, inferior petrosal sinus; jf, jugal foramen; M3, third upper molar; maf, mastoid fenestra; me, mastoid exposure of the petrosal bone; mx, maxillary; pa, parietal; pal, palatine; pr, promontorium of the petrosal bone; pt., pterogoid; rttp, rostral tympanic process of the petrosal; so, supraoccipital; sq., squamosal; oc, occipital condyle; pto, palatine torus; yug, yugal. Scale bar: 1 cm