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In posterior view the notochordal canal and foramen magnum are confluent with each other, and of great size relative to the skull as a whole.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)

I. is the intestine, coe. the coelom, s.c. the spinal cord; n.c. the notochord, surrounded by n.s., the notochordal sheath, ao. is the dorsal aorta.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The sphenoid condyles, seen in posterior view, issue from the dorsal margin of the notochordal socket.

From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan

Probably the whole posterior surface of the braincase slanted posteroventrally; consequently the rim of the notochordal canal was about 3.0 mm. behind the margin of the parietals.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)

Cartilaginous neural arches and spines, formed outside the notochordal sheath, enclose the spinal cord in an arcade.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)