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Description: Skull of Ziapelta sanjuanensis compared to those of other North American ankylosaurids. Interpretive diagrams scaled to approximate same cranial length (from the anterior edge of the premaxilla to the posterior edge of the nuchal crest) for comparative purposes. Abbreviations: asca, anterior supraorbital caputegulum; br, break/plaster; frca, frontal caputegulum; j, jugal; laca, lacrimal caputegulum; loca, loreal caputegulum; mnca, median nasal caputegulum; msca, medial supraorbital caputegulum; mx, maxilla; nas apt, nasal aperture; nasca, nasal caputegulum; nuca, nuchal caputegulum; orb, orbit; pmx, premaxilla; pnca; postnarial caputegulum; poca, postorbital caputegulum; prfca, prefrontal caputegulum; psca, posterior supraorbital caputegulum; qjh, quadratojugal horn; snca, supranarial caputegulum; sqh, squamosal horn.
Title: Ziapelta sanjuanensis 0108804 g005
Credit: A New Ankylosaurid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Kirtlandian) of New Mexico with Implications for Ankylosaurid Diversity in the Upper Cretaceous of Western North America
Author: Arbour VM, Burns ME, Sullivan RM, Lucas SG, Cantrell AK, et al.
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