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Fig. 3

From: A new species of Palaeopython (Serpentes) and other extinct squamates from the Eocene of Dielsdorf (Zurich, Switzerland)

Fig. 3

Virtual sections of the CT scan data of the left dentary (PIMUZ A/III 234) of Palaeovaranus sp. ac Longitudinal sections though the specimen focusing on different aspects of the dentary bone and the teeth; d horizontal section of the specimen showing the tooth roots in cross-section; e close-up of the tooth structure with plicidentine, pulp cavity and enamel crown; f close-up of the tooth base with dentine lamellae of the plicidentine extending into the pulp cavity. I–VIII tooth or remnants of tooth bases in the dentary, ac alveolar canal, af alveolar foramen, d dentary, dl dentine lamellae, en enamel, Mg Meckel’s groove, pc pulp cavity

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