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Description: Figure 8: Kadimakara australiensis. (A, B) Holotype postorbital region of skull (QMF 6710) and (C, D) referred snout (QMF 6676) in (A) dorsal; (B, C) right lateral; (D) and left lateral views. Numbers indicate character-states scored in the data matrix and the arrows indicate anterior direction. Abbreviations: apsq, anterior process of the squamosal; dt, dentary; fr, frontal; la, lacrimal; mfo, median fossa; mpsq, medial process of the squamosal; mx, maxilla; po, postorbital; pofr, postfrontal; ppsq, posterior process of the squamosal; qj, quadratojugal; sa, surangular; stf, supratemporal fenestra; stfo, supratemporal fossa; vpsq, ventral process of the squamosal. Scale bars equal 2 mm. Character state scores= 8-1: Supratemporal fossa immediately medial or anterior to the supratemporal fenestra on the dorsal surface of the temporal region of the skull. 13-0: Antorbital fenestra absent. 116-1: The parietals enter strongly between both frontals, forming an acute-angled suture. 139-0: The transition between the anterior and ventral processes of the squamosal is sharp, with the posterodorsal border of the infratemporal fenestra having a square outline. 151-0: The quadratojugal is L-shaped or strip-like. 162-1: A pineal fossa is present on the medial line of the dorsal surface of the parietals. 163-0: The pineal fossa is restricted to the parietals. 164-0: The pineal foramen is large in dorsal view. 165-0: The pineal foramen is positioned in the anterior part of the parietals yet completely enclosed by the bones. 166-1: The parietals have a distinct transverse emargination near the posterior margin of the bone.
Title: Kadimakara fossils
Credit: The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms. (2016) PeerJ 4:e1778 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1778
Author: Martin D. Ezcurra
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