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Figure 3: Salwasiren morphology using 3D photogrammetry of μCT of key skeletal elements.

(A–C) holotype cranium including left premaxilla, jugal, and partial braincase; (D–F) referred left incisor; (G–H) holotype left upper M2, in mesial and occlusal views, respectively; (I) holotype incomplete left mandible; (J–M) holotype lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae in anterior views with left ilium (L) in lateral view; and (N–O) holotype right humerus. Abbreviations: a, acetabulum; ac, anterior cingulum; acv, anterior cingular valley; an, angular process; co, coronoid process; cc, coronoid canal; dc, deltoid crest; f, frontal; gt, greater tubercle; h, humeral head; it, ischial tuberosity; j, jugal; lt, lesser tubercle; mcl+hy, metaconule + hypocone; me, metacone; ns, neural spine; p, parietal; pa, paracone; pmx, premaxilla; pr, protocone; ptp, posttympanic process; so, supraoccipital; sop, supraorbital process; sq, squamosal; tp, transverse process; tr, trochlea; zp, zygomatic process.
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Source Pyenson, Nicholas D.; Sakal, Ferhan; LeBlanc, Jacques; Blundell, Jon; Klim, Katherine D.; Marshall, Christopher D.; Velez-Juarbe, Jorge; Wolfe, Katherine; Al-Naimi, Faisal (10 December 2025). "High abundance of Early Miocene sea cows from Qatar shows repeated evolution of seagrass ecosystem engineers in Eastern Tethys". PeerJ. 13 e20030. doi:10.7717/peerj.20030. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 12701702. PMID 41394419. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via PubMed.
Author Pyenson et al. 2025

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