Cranial Osteology of Meiglyptini (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae)

Figure 11

Ventral view of the skull of Mulleripicus pulverulentus; BA: basioccipital region; EX: exoccipital region; Fog-; FOM: foramen magnum; FC-; Fp-; FV: ventral fossa; J: jugal arch; LP: lamina parasphenoidalis; Occ-; Ocoe-; PAL: palatine; PC-; PjP: projection of the parasphenoid rostrum; PrM: maxilar process of the palatine; PT: pterygoid bone; Sul: intercotylar sulcus; V: vomer; Occ: Ostium canalis carotici; Ocoe: Ostium canalis ophthalmici externus; PC: Proeminentia cerebellaris; Fog: Foramen nervi glossopharyngealis; FC: Fossa choanalis; Fp: Fossa parabasalis.