Image: Gigantoraptor lower jaw (left side)
Description: Mandible of Gigantoraptor erlianensis holotype LH V0011 in left lateral view. Abbreviations: ang, angular; afo, anterior fossa; asc, articular-surangular-coronoid complex; cor, coronoid process; emf, external mandibular fenestra; nfo, nutrient foramina; lf, lateral flange; pfo, posterior fossa; pvp, posteroventral process of dentary; ra, retroarticular process. Scale is 10 cm.
Title: Gigantoraptor lower jaw (left side)
Credit: (2017). "Functional anatomy of a giant toothless mandible from a bird-like dinosaur: Gigantoraptor and the evolution of the oviraptorosaurian jaw". Scientific Reports 7 (1): 16247. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-15709-7. PMID 29176627. PMC: 5701234.
Author: Waisum Ma, Junyou Wang, Michael Pittman, Qingwei Tan, Lin Tan, Bin Guo & Xing Xu
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