Cranial Osteology of Meiglyptini (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae)

Figure 9

Ventral view of the skull of Hemicircus concretus; BA: basioccipital region; CrV: ventral palatine crest; EX: exoccipital region; FC-; Fog-; FoM: foramen magnum; 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; PrPA: paraoccipital process; Pt: pterygoid bone; RP: parasphenoidal rostrum; 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.