Morphobank media number
M128822
Taxonomic name
† Morganucodon oehleri
Specimen
† Morganucodon oehleri (unvouchered)
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basicranium ventral
Side represented
left side
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Zhe-Xi Luo
Copyright holder
Zhe-Xi Luo (original illustrator and author)
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Bibliographic Reference
Luo, Z.-X. 1994. Sister taxon relationships of mammals and the transformations of the diagnostic mammalian characters. In the Shadow of Dinosaurs. pp. 98-128, Fraser, N. C. and Sues, H. D. ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Media notes
This is an illustration on several petrosal characters
(1) Presence of stapedial muscle fossa in Morganucodon
(2) Bifurcated anterior and posterior paroccipital processes (divided by the stapedial fossa & itr trough)
(3) Presence of the crista parotica (as a crest) on anterior paroccipital process
(4) Presence of a ventral projection on the posterior paroccipital process
Citation source: Luo, Z.-X. 1994. Sister taxon relationships of mammals and the transformations of the diagnostic mammalian characters. Pp. 98-128, in In the Shadow of Dinosaurs—Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, (N. C. Fraser, and H.-D. Sues, eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York and Melbourne.
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