Definition of Supracranial. Meaning of Supracranial. Synonyms of Supracranial

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Definition of Supracranial

Supracranial
Supracranial Su`pra*cra"ni*al, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium.

Meaning of Supracranial from wikipedia

- Like modern sperm whales, the macroraptorials had a curved basin—the supracranial basin—on the top of the skull. This encomp****ed the entire breadth of...
- ovular. The fossil skull of Livyatan had a curved basin, known as the supracranial basin, which was deep and wide. Unlike other raptorial sperm whales,...
- the top of its skull, the supracranial basin. This is overhung by the nuchal crest on the back of the skull. The supracranial basin, in turn, overhangs...
- ISBN 978-0-253-35358-0. Farke, A.A. (2010). "Evolution, homology, and function of the supracranial sinuses in ceratopsian dinosaurs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology...
- sperm whales, it had a deep basin on the top of its skull, known as the supracranial basin. Like in the modern sperm whale, this basin probably held the ****ceti...
- bones re folded in such a way that a "double" roof is formed with a "supracranial cavity" in between. A fontanelle pierces the upper layer. In Einiosaurus...
- cavity occupies the structure's entirety, including the caudal end of the supracranial crest which is comma-shaped, hence the binomial name. The pterygoid bone...
- called the frontal fontanelles, which represent the openings of the supracranial cavity, a feature unique to the group. fossa Fossa (plural: fossae) is...
- Zygophyseter had a very large basin above the braincase, known as the supracranial basin, which probably housed the ****ceti organ and the melon. These...
- antorbital notches forming a narrow slit, antorbital notches within the supracranial basin, and the left premaxilla excluded from the sagittal facial crest...