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DINOSAUR PARANASAL AIR SINUSES<br />

1377<br />

Figure 6.<br />

(continued)<br />

ROM 1215 takes a series <strong>of</strong> twists <strong>and</strong> turns that ultimately<br />

comprise two separate 3608 loops, each in a different<br />

plane. <strong>The</strong> course <strong>of</strong> the <strong>air</strong>way will be described<br />

in relation to the ‘‘alert’’ or habitual posture <strong>of</strong> the head,<br />

which is strongly down-turned (Fig. 7), as reconstructed<br />

from the orientation <strong>of</strong> the lateral semicircular canal <strong>of</strong><br />

the endosseous labyrinth (for justification, see <strong>Witmer</strong><br />

et al., 2003, 2008; Sereno et al., 2007). Starting rostrally

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