Then there is its intriguing snout, with nasal openings at the tip.
The front of the skull was short and blunt with the nasal opening very close to the mouth.
The position of the nasal opening had remained unchanged since pakicetids.
Furthermore, the nasal openings are large and are now halfway up the snout.
Other experts have argued that neither skull shapes nor nasal openings are a reliable indication of race.
Rathke's pouch remains open to the outside, close to the nasal openings.
So, there are only two scales between the nasal opening and the eye.
The skull of a lion has broader nasal openings.
Some more migrating, and this gap would meet the anterior pair of the external nasal openings.
The nasal opening is retracted and large, indicating a large trunk.