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- Postparietals are cranial bones present in fish and many tetrapods. Although initially a pair of bones, many lineages possess postparietals which were...
- caniniform region in maxillary tooth row External nares close to the midline Postparietal absent Squamosal mainly restricted to top of skull The occipital flange...
- non-mammalian tetrapods, they are bordered to the rear by a pair of postparietal bones that may be solely in the roof of the skull, or slope downwards...
- four separate elements around the foramen magnum, along with the paired postparietal bones that form the rear of the cranial roof in other vertebrates. Position...
- being followed in sequence by the frontals, the parietals, and the postparietals. Their form in living species is highly variable, depending on the shape...
- prominent horns above the eyes.: 38  postparietal foramen The postparietal foramen (also: postparietal fontanelle, postparietal fenestra) is an unpaired opening...
- were given by Godfrey et al. (1987), including the contact between the postparietal and exoccipital at the back of the skull, small projections (uncinate...
- braincase, above the foramen magnum and below or behind the parietals or postparietals. It is homologous to the squamous part of the occipital bone, which...
- is also visible in the skull roof, between the parietal bones and the postparietal bones. A rather small shoulder girdle is present. The anal and posterior...
- rear edge of the skull and horns, on the other hand, was formed by the postparietal bones, also known as dermosupraoccipitals in older publications. However...