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Fig. 31

From: Phylogenetic history influences convergence for a specialized ecology: comparative skull morphology of African burrowing skinks (Squamata; Scincidae)

Fig. 31

Isolated left compound bone (articular and surangular) of A T. brevipes; B T. gracilis; C S. alberti; D A. occidentalis; in lateral, medial, dorsal, and ventral views from top to bottom. ars, articular surface; art, articular; com-ang, angular facet of the compound bone; com-cor, coronoid facet of the compound bone; com-d, dentary facet of the compound bone; dp, dentary process of the compound bone; mf, mandibular fossa; rap, retroarticular process; rapf, retroarticular process foramen; san, surangular; sanaf, anterior foramen of the surangular; sandf, dorsal foramen of the surangular; sanpf, posterior foramen of the surangular; scp, coronoid process of the surangular; spp, splenial process of the surangular. Scale bars = 1 mm

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