The palatine bone and quadrate or to the articular extremity of the mandible; the pterygoid is connected with the maxillary by the ectopterygoid or transverse bone, which may be very long, and the maxillary often emits a process towards the palatine, the latter bone being usually produced inwards and upwards towards the anterior extremity of the basisphenoid.
42.
Although a synonymy between " Wannia scurriensis " and " Paleorhinus bransoni " was previously suggested, " Wannia scurriensis " differs from " Paleorhinus bransoni " in lacking a contact between the premaxilla and palatine bone, as seen in " Paleorhinus angustifrons " and " Ebrachosuchus neukami ".
43.
The skull of " Voalavo " also resembles that of " Eliurus ", with a long facial skeleton, an hourglass-shaped interorbital region ( between the eyes ), and a smooth interorbital region and suture ( dividing line ) between the maxillary and palatine bones, which is straight in " V . antsahabensis ", but more curved in " V . gymnocaudus ".
44.
In the skull, " Voalavo antsahabensis " has a significantly longer rostrum ( the front part of the skull ) and palatine bones ( the line where the two bones, part of the skull, join ) are straight and parallel to each other, the toothrows, and the midline of the skull in " V . antsahabensis "; in " V . gymnocaudus ", in contrast, they are more curved.
