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Table 2.2. Abbreviations for cranial bones and osteological features.<br />

Cranial bones<br />

As – Alisphenoid<br />

Bas – Basisphenoid<br />

Boc – Basioccipital<br />

Bul – Bulla forming bone<br />

De – Dentary<br />

Ect – Ectotympanic<br />

Ent – Entotympanic<br />

Eoc – Exoccipital<br />

Fr – Frontal<br />

Lc – Lacrimal<br />

Mx – Maxilla<br />

Ns – Nasal<br />

Pa – Parietal<br />

Pal – Palatine<br />

Pmx – Premaxilla<br />

Ptr – Petrosal<br />

Os – Orbitosphenoid<br />

Soc – Supraoccipital<br />

Sq – Squamosal<br />

Zy – Zygomatic bone<br />

Osteological features<br />

ac – aperture for cochlear fenestra<br />

av – aperture for vestibular fenestra<br />

bs – bullar suture (?)<br />

cc – cochlear canaliculus (Visible as the most posterior "septum" on medial aspect of<br />

promontorium. Houses a canal that connects the spiral cochlea to endocranial<br />

space [see MacPhee, 1981]. HRxCT data were used in most cases to evaluate the<br />

presence of this feature.)<br />

ccA – Broken open aperture of cochlear canaliculus<br />

cf – carotid foramen<br />

CN – cranial nerve<br />

eam – external auditory meatus<br />

ec – epitympanic crest<br />

egp – entoglenoid process<br />

fo – foramen/ina<br />

fov – foramen ovale<br />

g1 – a groove with a lateral route that likely holds the internal carotid plexus and<br />

possibly a remnant of the ica<br />

g2 – a groove with a slightly more medial route that may hold internal carotid plexus<br />

fibers that approach the s1<br />

g3 – a groove that leads to the s2, which likely contains contributions from the<br />

tympanic plexus, but primarily contains a small vein as in lemurs and treeshrews<br />

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