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Description: Aucasaurus garridoi Coria, Chiappe and Dingus 2002, from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia (MCF-PVPH 236). Volume rendering of the braincase (semi-transparent)and cranial endocast (A1,B1), and line drawings of brain and inner ear (A2, B2) in dorsal (A)and right lateral (B) views. Abbreviations: asc, anterior semicircular canal; cmcv, caudalmiddle cerebral vein; cer, cerebral hemisphere; de, dorsal expansion; endo, cranial endocast;f, frontal; floc, floccular process; fm, foramenmagnum; ie, inner ear; lsc, lateral semicircularcanal; p, parietal; psc, posterior semicircularcanal; so, supraoccipital; ob, olfactory bulbimpression; ob.c, olfactory bulb cavity cast; orb, orbital rim of frontal; ot, olfactory tract; sep,space occupied by the median inter-nasal septum formed by ethmoidal elements. Scale bar 5cm.
Title: Aucasaurus braincase
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