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. 2022 Feb 1;12:1707. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05540-0

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Proposed prenatal stages and earliest postnatal developmental stage of Stenopterygius quadriscissus on the basis of cranial ossification of single elements and suture closure. Stage 3 is subdivided into 3a and 3b on the basis of ossification of isolated elements and only represented by disarticulated material. Stage 1, SMNS 10460; Stage 2, SMNS 50963; Stage 4, SMNS 54064; Postnatal 1, SMNS 12821. an angular, ar articular, de dentary, fr frontal, fr-oli frontal olfactory lobe indentation, ju jugal, la lacrimal, mx maxilla, na nasal, nac nasal capsule, pa parietal, pa-opi parietal optic lobe indentation, pmx premaxilla, po postorbital, pof postfrontal, prf prefrontal, qj quadratojugal, qu quadrate, scl sclerotic plate, sp splenial, sq squamosal, st supratemporal, su surangular, vo vomer. Scale bar (all parts) = 50 mm.