-
larger supraoccipital lies to the posterior, and
forms at
least part of the rear of the cranium. In many bony fish and amphibians, the
supraoccipital is never...
- or os inca var.) is a
dermal bone
situated between the
parietal and
supraoccipital. It is
homologous to the
postparietal bones of
other animals. In humans...
- "Cotylosauria".
Eureptilia is
characterized by the
skull having greatly reduced supraoccipital, tabular, and
supratemporal bones that are no
longer in
contact with...
-
carrying their egg
clusters on
hooks protruding from the
forehead (
supraoccipital) of the males,
although this only has been do****ented in K. gulliveri...
- the
toothrow of the premaxilla,
called the
subnarial pit.
supraoccipital The
supraoccipital is an
unpaired bone of the
occiput at the back of the skull...
- is
reduced and
loses its
connection to the vertebrae. The
singular supraoccipital is the rear
upper part of the braincase,
above the
foramen magnum and...
- as an
extension of the
parietal bones in
which case it is
called a "
supraoccipital crest".
Front and rear
crests can be
present simultaneously and might...
-
unambiguous synapomorphies (shared
derived traits): a
sagittal crest on the
supraoccipital bone, and the lack of an
entepicondylar foramen on the humerus. A cladogram...
- anal fins. The
larger preflexion specimens have
mostly cartilaginous supraoccipital crests with 23 to 26
curved dorsal spines. Also,
pigmentation increases...
-
muscles that
elevated the head
would have
attached to the
prominent supraoccipital bones on the top of the skull,
which functioned like the
nuchal crest...
