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Abbreviations
- ang. :
-
angular
- a.op. :
-
air opening
- a.pv. :
-
anterior palatine vacuity
- bm. :
-
scute-like bony matter
- b.oc. :
-
basioccipital
- cd. :
-
crista dentalis
- ch. :
-
choanæ
- cor. :
-
coronoid
- den. :
-
dentary
- e.a.m. :
-
external auditory meatus
- ex.oc. :
-
exoccipital
- f.lc. :
-
foramen lacrymale
- f.l.p. :
-
foramen lacrum posterius
- f.m. :
-
foramen magnum
- f.mk. :
-
fossa meckelli
- fr. :
-
frontal
- f.ra. :
-
fovea retroarticularis
- i.t.f. :
-
infratemporal fossa
- j. :
-
jugal
- lac. :
-
lacrymal
- l.ex. :
-
lamellæ of exoccipital
- l.pt. :
-
lateral elevation of pterygoid
- nas. :
-
nasal
- n.li. :
-
nervous alveolaris
- n.op. :
-
nasal opening
- max. :
-
maxilla
- o.ar. :
-
osarticularis
- oc.c. :
-
occipital condyle
- o.et. :
-
median opening of the eustachian tube
- op. :
-
operculæ (counterpart of splenial)
- orb. :
-
orbit
- pal. :
-
palatine
- par. :
-
postarticular
- p.b.o. :
-
projection of basioccipital
- p.it. :
-
perforation of incisor tooth
- p.m.s. :
-
premaxillomaxillary suture
- pmx. :
-
premaxillæ
- p.nas. :
-
processus nasalis
- p.ns. :
-
processus nasalis of premaxilla
- pp.e. :
-
paraoccipital process of occipital
- p.orb. :
-
postorbital
- p.pv. :
-
posterior palatine vacuity
- pr.p. :
-
prefrontal process
- pr.f. :
-
prefrontal
- pt.f. :
-
postfrontal
- pty. :
-
pterygoid
- pq.s. :
-
pterygoid quadrate space
- q. :
-
quadrate
- qj. :
-
quadratojugal
- s.an. :
-
supra-angular
- s.oc. :
-
supraoccipital
- s.oa. :
-
supraorbital arch
- s.pal. :
-
secondary palate
- s.t.f. :
-
supratemporal fossa
- sym. :
-
symphysis
- sq. :
-
squamosal
- trp. :
-
transpalatine
- vc. :
-
vascular channels opening into alveoiar sinus
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Mathur, P.N. The skull ofCrocodilus palustris lesson. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 51, 37–51 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050267
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