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is characterized by a skull with a very compact structure, and the orbits were small, the parietal hole was small or non-existent. The teeth, pleurodonts, were robust. The premaxilla had five teeth, while the maxilla and jaw had seven or eight. The lacrimal bone was greatly reduced, and there were 26
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