- The
splenial is a
small bone in the
lower jaw of reptiles,
amphibians and birds,
usually located on the
lingual side (closest to the tongue)
between the...
- as the
dentary bone or os dentale, and
forms the body of the
outer surface of the jaw. It is
bordered below by a
number of
splenial bones,
while the angle...
- the
splenial, the suprangular, and the articular. It is
homologous to the
tympanic bone in mammals, due to the
incorporation of
several jaw
bones into...
-
upper edge, it is
connected to all
other jaw bones: dentary, angular,
splenial and articular. It is
often a
muscle attachment site. It has been noted...
-
theropods and
modern birds. The
splenial bone was three-pronged (as in some
modern birds, but
unlike the
simple splenial of Archaeopteryx), and its lower...
-
formed from two
pairs of
bones, the
dentary bones and the
splenial bones, but in
Asiatosuchus it is only
formed by the
dentary bones.
Based on
largely complete...
-
posteriorly directed process (extension) of the
jugal bone. All
known rhynchocephalians lack the
splenial bone present in the
lower jaw of more
primitive reptiles...
-
teeth and is
composed of only
three bones, the dentary, the
coronoid and the
compound bone. A
remnant of the
splenial bone is only
present in one
species of...
- jaw) is
elongated to over half the
length of the
tooth row, and the
splenial bone strongly intervenes in the
mandibular symphysis. The
braincase of Champsosaurus...
-
between the
dentary bone of the
lower jaw and
another missing bone called the
splenial bone, and
teeth that are
implanted within the jaw
bone. Its jaw is thin...
