Figure 9. Australerpeton cosgriffi Barberena, 1998 in The cranial morphology of the temnospondyl Australerpeton cosgriffi (Tetrapoda: Stereospondyli) from the Middle-Late Permian of Paraná Basin and the phylogenetic relationships of Rhinesuchidae

Figure 9. Australerpeton cosgriffi Barberena, 1998. Posterior region of the palate of UFRGS-PV-0229-P. Photograph (A) and interpretative drawing (B). Dark grey areas represent openings or fenestrae. Light grey areas represent recessed areas of bone (tympanic cavity), areas of articulation (occipital) or insertion (pockets for insertion of vertebro-occipital musculature), and denticles on the palate. The black areas represent areas of the dorsal surface. Abbreviations: asd, denticles on the parasphenoid with arch-shaped distribution; bo, basioccipital; cm, crista muscularis; gm, groove possibly for the insertion of a mucous membrane or dentigerous ossicles on the interpterygoid vacuity; iv, interpterygoid vacuity; occ, occipital condyle; poc, 'pockets' for the insertion of the occipital musculature; ps, parasphenoid; pt, pterygoid. Scale bar = 5 cm.