Notes on the typology of the skull of the Myrmecophagidae (Mammalia, Edentata).
The skulls of Myrmecophaga, Tamandua, and Cyclopes are klinorhynch; the upper jaw is situated rostral to the neurocranium and to a varying degree ventral to the plane of the median basis cranii. The median part of the base of the neurocranium is the structure to which the anatomical modifications in the median plane are referred. The kyphosis, which determines the situation of the upper jaw, is prebasically located either within the upper jaw (Myrmecophaga, Tamandua) or at its basis (Cyclopes).
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Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University of Kassel.
D000818:Animals; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D004490:Xenarthra / Q000033:anatomy & histology*