3.11 Dendrerpeton pyriticum
This is a cast of the skull of a temnospondyl from the Late Carboniferous. Can you identify the large palatal openings and otic notch that characterise this group of early tetrapods. The otic notch is a V-shaped slot, one on either side of the skull, on its back margin.
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