Figure 3.
Eoellimmichthys superstes gen. et sp. nov. from the early Eocene of Bolca. A, MCSNV IG.23695, holotype, detail of the cranial region and pectoral girdle, right lateral view. B, interpretative reconstruction. Abbreviations: bp, ‘basipterygoid’ process; br, branchiostegal rays; cl, cleithrum; co, coracoid; de, dentary; ect, ectopterygoid; endt, endopterygoid teeth; epo, epioccipital; fr, frontal; hyo, hyomandibula; le, lateral ethmoid; me, mesethmoid; mx, maxilla; op, opercle; osp, orbitosphenoid; pa, parietal; pas, parasphenoid; pmx, premaxilla; pop, preopercle; ptt, posttemporal; psp, pterosphenoid; pto, pterotic; scl, supracleithrum; smx, supramaxilla; soc, supraoccipital; sop, subopercle. Scale bars represent 2 mm. Colour online.