Braincase of <i>Garjainia madiba</i> sp. nov.

<p>Interpretive line drawings of specimens shown in Fig. 13. A–D, ventral and posterior part of braincase of BP/1/5525 in posterior (A), dorsal (B), anterior (C) and left lateral (D) views, E, Right posterolateral (and slightly ventral) view of fragmentary parabasisphenoid, BP/1/6232y (the basipterygoid processes and right basal tuber of the parabasisphenoid are missing). Abbreviations: bbf, basioccipital-parabasisphenoid fossa; bf, parabasisphenoid fossa; BO, basioccipital; bpt, basipterygoid process; bptf, basipterygoid facet; BS, parabasisphenoid; btbo, basal tuber of basioccipital; btbs, basal tuber of parabasisphenoid; con, condylar neck; cp, clinoid process of parabasisphenoid; crpro, crista prootica; cu, base of cultiform process; EO, exoccipital; eop, exoccipital pillar (separating metotic foramen from fenestra ovalis); ffm, floor of foramen magnum; fo, floor of fenestra ovalis; hyfo, hypophyseal fossa; itp, intertuberal plate; l.btbs, left basal tuber of parabasisphenoid; l.ica, foramen for left cerebral branch of internal carotid artery; mf, floor of metotic foramen; mwc.ica, medial wall of channel transmitting cerebral branch of internal catorid artery; ncp, notochordal pit; plr, pseudolagenar recess; plVII, groove for passage of palatine branch of facial nerve;?ppt, ridge for attachment of <i>m. protractor pterygoidei</i>; PR, prootic; s.btbo, surface for articulation with basal tuber of basioccipital; sl, semilunar depression; vrop, ventral ramus of opisthotic; vst, floor of vestibule. V, VII and XII indicate openings for cranial nerves.