Figure 3. A in Synchrotron analysis of a 'mummified' salamander (Vertebrata: Caudata) from the Eocene of Quercy, France

Figure 3. A, skeleton of MNHN.F.QU17755 in dorsal view. B–F, trunk vertebra (v6) in dorsal (B), ventral (C), left lateral (D), posterior (E), and anterior (F) views. G–J, trunk vertebrae in posterolateral view, illustrating a type-III disposition of the spinal nerves (Edwards, 1976) in Paramesotriton deloustali (Bourret, 1934) (G), Pseudobranchus striatus (LeConte, 1824) (H), Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) (I), and Bolitoglossa mexicana Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854 (J). Abbreviations: ac, anterior cotyle; af, anterior foramen; air, anterior interzygapophyseal ridge; bl, bony lamina; c, centrum; d, diapophysis; dap, dorsal alar process; f, fossa; lf, lateral fossa; LF, left femur; LI, left ilium; Lis, left ischium; mn, median notch; na, neural arch; nc, neural canal; noc, notochordal canal; nsp, neural spine; p, parapophysis; pc, posterior cotyle; pir, posterior interzygapophyseal ridge; po, postzygapophysis; pr, prezygapophysis; pvc, posterior ventral crest; rb, ribbearer; RF, right femur; RI, right ilium; Ris, right ischium; s, sacrum; scf, subcentral foramen; snf, spinal nerve foramen.