FIGURE 6. Melanosuchus latrubessei UFAC 2793 in On a new Melanosuchus species (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from Solimões Formation (Eocene-Pliocene), Northern Brazil, and evolution of Caimaninae

FIGURE 6. Melanosuchus latrubessei UFAC 2793 in details of the maxillary and premaxillary limits of the ventral portion in medial view. (A) Elucidating the preserved anterior limit of premaxilla; (B) The anterior limit of maxilla-maxilla suture and the posterior broken region of premaxilla; and (C) Zoom in the limit maxilla-maxilla suture elucidating an anterior smooth surface that is here inferred as the posterior limit for maxillary-vomer contact. Dark lines delimit the bone limits and sutures. Anatomical abbreviations: if, incisive foramen; EN, external nares; pmx, premaxilla; mx-mx, suture between maxillae; mx-v, suture between maxillary and vomer. Out of scale.