-
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...
- due to the
following modifications (Feduccia 1980, 1996): Loss of the
Basipterygoid articulation with the cranium.
Development of a pterygoid/palatine joint...
-
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)...
-
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...
-
underside of the braincase, had a pair of
gracile bony extensions, the
basipterygoid processes,
which extended forwards and
downwards to
articulate with...
-
other sauropods included the
fused frontal bones and the
notably long
basipterygoid processes, bony
extensions connecting the
braincase with the palate...
- the rear. At the
underside of the braincase, the basisphenoid, the
basipterygoid processes are
longitudinally stretched.
Gastonia had a flat and, even...
- 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
parasphenoid at the front. A pair of
distinctive processes, the
basipterygoid processes,
extend from its
underside and
articulate with the pterygoids...
