-
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...
- "Cotylosauria".
Eureptilia is
characterized by the
skull having greatly reduced supraoccipital, tabular, and
supratemporal bones that are no
longer in
contact with...
- high and rounded,
featuring large auditory bullae, a well-developed
supraoccipital crest normal to the
sagittal crest, and a
strong lower jaw. The caracal...
- 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...
- and roof of cranium),
frontals (front-top of cranium), part of the
supraoccipital (bottom rear of cranium), and
partial occiput (region in the
lower back...
-
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...
- 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...
- the exoccipitals, or a
simple ****
formed by the basioccipital; the
supraoccipital is
excluded from the
foramen magnum. The
basioccipital may bear a curved...
-
capsule containing both
opisthotic and
prootic bones, exoccipital,
supraoccipital and pterygoid. This is very
similar in
shape to the
quadratojugals of...
- the bone
articulates with the
squamosal bone, and less
commonly the
supraoccipital bone. The bone-supported neck
frills of
ceratopsians were
formed by...
