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From: Digital skull anatomy of the Oligocene North American tortoise Stylemys nebrascensis with taxonomic comments on the species and comparisons with extant testudinids of the Gopherus–Manouria clade

Fig. 3

3D renderings of the cranium of UMMP 9319, referred to Stylemys nebrascensis, as preserved in the fossil. A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Left lateral view. D Right lateral view. E Anterior view. F Posterior view. Note that the mandible is articulated to the cranium. cem, cheek emargination; cty, cavum tympani; exn, external naris; fpp, foramen palatinum posterius; fjp foramen jugulare posterius; fst, foramen stapedio-temporale; man, mandible; occ, occipital condyle; or, orbit; tem, upper temporal emargination; XII, hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) foramina

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