Homeotic Evolution in the Mammalia: Diversification of Therian Axial Seriation and the Morphogenetic Basis of Human Origins
Figure 16
Convergent carnivoran version of LTP suspension system.
(A) The LTP tips are ventral to the vertebral bodies, but they originate on the lamina as orthapophyses dorsal to the neuraxis. (B) Heavily built stylo-zygoid contacts are indicated by the arrow (Panthera tigris MCZ 36675). m-mamillary, s-styloid.