Skull the bony or cartilaginous framework of the head of vertebrates , made up of the bones of the braincase and face ; cranium 颅骨，头盖骨脊椎动物头骨或软骨的框架，由脑骨和脸部的骨头组成头盖骨。
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Two years later , in the himalayan foothills of northern pakistan , gingerich ' s team found another weird whale clue : a partial braincase from a wolf - size creature ? found in the company of 50 - million - year - old land mammal remains ? that bore some distinctive cetacean characteristics 两年后，在巴基斯坦北部的喜马拉雅山丘陵地带，金格瑞西的团队找到另一个古怪的鲸豚线索：一个不完整的脑颅，似乎是个体型像狼的动物，可是带有一些鲸豚类独有的特徵；与它同时出土的都是5000万年前的陆栖哺乳类化石。
