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Definition of Rhamphothecae

Rhamphothecae
Rhamphotheca Rham`pho*the"ca, n.; pl. Rhamphothec[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr "ra`mnos a beak + ?? a case.] (Zo["o]l.) The horny covering of the bill of birds.

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- families, including the albatrosses(p47) and the emu, have compound rhamphothecae that consist of several pieces separated and defined by softer keratinous...
- L.; Witmer, L.M. (2010). "Homology and evolution of avian compound rhamphothecae" (PDF). The Auk. 127 (3): 590–604. doi:10.1525/auk.2010.09122. S2CID 18430834...
- bones of the forearm.: 145  rhamphotheca The rhamphotheca (plural: rhamphothecae) or beak is a horny (keratinous) covering on the tips of the jaws commonly...
- previous elements, it is elongated and stocky. Keratinous beaks, or rhamphothecae, are well do****ented among diverse groups within the Dinosauria. Ornithomimosaurs...
- suggests how it developed in most of these: the development of horned rhamphothecae in the jawtips, with progressive tooth rarification until they cease...
- ornithomimids plesiomorphic, while also differentiating Asian ornithomimid rhamphothecae from North American ones, based on maxillary vascular foramina found...