- due to the
following modifications (Feduccia 1980, 1996): Loss of the
Basipterygoid articulation with the cranium.
Development of a pterygoid/palatine joint...
-
basioccipital and
below the prootics. Each side of the
basisphenoid hosts a
basipterygoid process, a
lateral rod
which bends down and out to link to the pterygoid...
-
artery is
located on the back of the
basipterygoid,
almost at the
middle of the
distance between the
basipterygoid and the
basal tuberosities; the anterior...
-
Skull of a
trogon showing the
presence of a
basipterygoid process (bpg.p.) and a
schizognathous palate...
- the
postnasal fenestrae) as well as long and only
partially diverging basipterygoid processes (bony
extensions connecting the
braincase with the palate)...
-
other sauropods included the
fused frontal bones and the
notably long
basipterygoid processes, bony
extensions connecting the
braincase with the palate...
-
titanosaurs by
characteristics of its braincase,
including the
basal tubera,
basipterygoid processes, parasphenoid, and
cranial nerve foramina.
Differences in...
- some
unique derived traits, or autapomorphies, for the species: a long
basipterygoid process on the braincase; a
dentary that is
short in
relation to the...
- the
paroccipital processes pointing outwards horizontally, and the
basipterygoid processes were lengthened,
descending far
below the
basioccipital (the...
- fuse into a
rigid joint. The
articulation on the
pterygoid for the
basipterygoid process of the
basicranium is
located near the
articulation between...
