- The
squamosal suture, or
squamous suture,
arches backward from the
pterion and
connects the
temporal squama with the
lower border of the
parietal bone:...
- The
squamosal is a
skull bone
found in most reptiles, amphibians, and birds. In fishes, it is also
called the
pterotic bone. In most tetrapods, the squamosal...
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retention as an
adult of a
juvenile trait.
Adults retain the
short squamosals, a case of paedomorphosis. In 2009, John Scannella,
investigating dinosaur...
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suture Sphenoparietal suture Sphenosquamosal suture Sphenozygomatic suture Squamosal suture –
between the
parietal and the
temporal bone Zygomaticotemporal...
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absent Squamosal mainly restricted to top of
skull The
occipital flange of the
squamosal is
little exposed on the
occiput Anterior process of
squamosal narrow...
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Mandibular fenestra Quadratojugal fenestra Subsquamosal fenestra, an
opening between two
parts of the
squamosal bone in some
rodents Temporal fenestra...
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Mercuriceratops squamosal suggests it was a
transitional form
between older rectangular squamosals of
centrosaurine shape and
later triangular squamosals, the describers...
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provided a more
traditional definition: "Synapsids that
possess a dentary–
squamosal jaw
articulation and
occlusion between upper and
lower molars with a transverse...
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Involving the
Petrous part of the
temporal bone
sphenopetrosal petrosquamous squamosal Facial:
palatomaxillary suture Involving the
zygomatic process with sphenoid...
- the
parietal bones were very large, with a
midline crest,
while the
squamosal bones typically formed an arch,
excluding the
parietals from the occiput...
