-
pterigoidius glandulae,
between the
venom gland and the head of the
ectopterygoid.
Contraction of this muscle,
together with that of the
muscularis compressor...
- 5/12-016): left
ectopterygoid scales and some sp**** scales.
Compared to
modern polypterids,
Bawitius was enormous: the
Bawitius holotype ectopterygoid is five...
- the mandible; the
pterygoid is
connected with the
maxillary by the
ectopterygoid or
transverse bone,
which may be very long, and the
maxillary often...
- Champsosaurus,
showing the
pterygoid bone in red-violet (visible in
inferior view at
lower right and
posterior to the
ectopterygoid bone in
lateral view at top)...
-
theropods are
characterized by
traits such as an
ectopterygoid fossa (a
depression around the
ectopterygoid bone), an
intramandibular joint located within...
-
nostrils and
palatal complex (including the pterygoid, palatine, and
ectopterygoid)
towards the back of the skull. The nostrils,
unlike in most theropods...
- denticulated, and
described as incisor-like. Jaw
morphology includes an
ectopterygoid that
links the
palatine to the
quadrate near the
articular condyle....
- has occurred, they have lost the
postorbital bone
behind the eye, the
ectopterygoid at the back of the palate, and teeth. The
palate structures have also...
- have
toothless and
reduced ectopterygoid bones, a
condition taken to
extremes in mesosaurs,
which have lost the
ectopterygoid entirely. Most parareptiles...
-
Fragments of the
palate appear similar to
other dinosaurs, with
curved ectopterygoids underlapped by
broad pterygoids. The
palatine bone is large, sending...
