Fig. 18

Dorsal view of chondrocrania of marsupials at different stages of development. On the right side, depicted also the dermal bones documented at the respective stage. Drawings were modified from the cited sources. Measurements are in millimeters. Depicted are models of the short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica by Maier [57], the opossum Didelphis marsupialis by Toeplitz [53], the bare-tailed woolly opossum Caluromys philander by Denison and Terry [54], the short nose bandicoot Isoodon obesulus by Esdaile [56], the long-nosed bandicoot Perameles nasuta by Cords [55], the eastern quoll Dasyurus viverrinus by Broom [51], the wombat Vombatus ursinus by Klutzny [60], and the wallaby Wallabia rufogrisea by Müller [61]