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Description: Brain endocast in dorsal (A), lateral (B), ventral (C) views. Parts in light blue indicate direct contact with surrounding bones, unlike parts in darker blue. Abbreviations: ce, cerebellum; cnI, olfactory nerve; cnV +vcm—trigeminal nerve and vena capitis medialis; cnVI, abducens nerve; cnVII, facial nerve; cnIX-XI, glossopharyngeal and vagoaccessory nerves; cnXII, hypoglossal nerve; en, epiphyseal nerve; fb, forebrain; fcl, floccular complex lobes; ibic, internal branch of the internal carotid; lob, left olfactory bulb; ob, olfactory bulb; ot, olfactory tract; pg, pituitary gland; pgll, pituitary gland lateral lobes; pf, pontine flexure; rob, right olfactory bulb; vc, vidian canal; vc=spa, vidian canal where the sphenopalatine artery passes; vcd, vena capitis dorsalis.
Title: Gorgonopsian brain
Credit: https://peerj.com/articles/3119/
Author: Ricardo Araújo, Vincent Fernandez, Michael J. Polcyn, Jörg Fröbisch, Rui M.S. Martins
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