Morphobank media number
M722663
Taxonomic name
Orycteropus afer
Specimen
Orycteropus afer (unvouchered)
View
skull lateral
Side represented
right side
Media loaded by
Michael Novacek
Copyright holder
R.D.E. MacPhee/ courtesy of American Museum of Natural History
Copyright information
Permission to use media on MorphoBank granted by copyright holder
Bibliographic Reference
MacPhee, R. D. E. 1994. Morphology, adaptations, and relationships of Plesiorycteropus, and a diagnosis of a new order of Eutherian mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. 220, pp. 1-214.
Media notes
note sphenopalatine foramen is NOT visible in this view in Orycteropus (AMNH 51370) - this appears to be incorrectly labeled by MacPhee (1994). The sphenopalatine foramen and dorsal opening of minor palatine foramen open into a common hole in the orbit.
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