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. 2014 Feb 26;9(2):e89739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089739

Table 5. Ocepeia daouiensis, main primitive (eutherian) features of the skull, dentition and lower jaw.

Palatines very short and posterior (posterior to M2)
Large lacrimal facial process
No contact between frontal and maxillary (rostrum)
Infraorbital foramen anterior (above P3) and small
Jugal extended anteriorly on the orbit at the expense of the maxillary
Orbit posterior
Zygomatic arches not strongly flared laterally
Wide pterygoid fossa
Alisphenoid canal absent
Postglenoid foramen medial to postglenoid process
Hypoglossal foramen present and double
Hypoglossal foramen far distal to jugular foramen
Occiput slightly inclined anteriorly
Strong nuchal and sagittal crests
Almond pointed shape of promontorium
Fenestra cochleae and aquaeductus cochleae present
Fenestra cochleae postero-medial to the fenestra vestibuli
Fenestra cochleae vertical and elongated transversely
Fenestra cochleae faces postero- laterally
Epitympanic wing of the periotic medial to the promontorium absent
Cochlear canal (aquaeductus cochleae) opens ventro-medially in the jugular fossa
Well-developed caudal tympanic process of the petrosal
Petrosal subarcuata fossa present, large and deep
Inner ear: Spiral turns of the cochlea widely separated
Inner ear: Subplanar coiling of the cochlea
Inner ear: Large anterior semicircular canal
Upper molars: Wide stylar shelf and presence stylar cusps (incl. D cusp)
Upper molars: Parastyle well-developed and mesio-labially located
Upper molars: Paracrista strong joining labially the parastyle
Upper molars: conules distinct
Upper molars: No hypocone
P3-4: Metacone absent
P3-4: No trace of transverse loph
P3-4: Simplified
Canine large
Lower molars: Paraconid present, paracristid sharp, trigonid not compressed
Lower jaw: No coronoid foramen