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fossa and clinoid process, terminal nares, nasals broad poster- 

 iorly, malar forming wall of glenoid fossa, premaxillse not touch- 

 ing frontals; on the ventral surface — palatal vacuities and 

 palatal ridge, small lamellar pterygoids, alisphenoid bulla, and 

 annular tympanic. 



Marsupial characters in the foramina are seen in the follow- 

 ing: foramen lacerum anterius confluent with optic (sphen- 

 orbital foramen) ; presence of postero-lateral palatine foramina, 

 lachrymal duct on anterior margin of orbit, transverse canal, 

 carotid foramen perforating basisphenoid, double condylar fora- 



