Figure 7 in Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)

Figure 7. Skull of Fragilicetus velponi gen. et sp. nov. in ventral view. A, photo; B, line drawing. Abbreviations: ap, anterior process; bocc, basioccipital; bop, descending process of the basioccipital; bs, basisphenoid; eam, external acoustic meatus; exo, exoccipital; fo, foramen ovale; oc, occipital condyle; opt, optic channel; pc, pars cochlearis; ppp, posterior process of the periotic; pt, pterygoid; ptf, pterygoid fossa; pt-pal, pterygoid–palatine suture; sop, supraorbital process of the frontal; sq, squamosal; sqb, squamosal bulge; sq-pt, squamosal-pterygoid suture; zyg, zygomatic process of the squamosal; vom, vomer; vom-pal, vomer–palatine suture. Scale bar = 300 mm.