Definition of Supratemporals. Meaning of Supratemporals. Synonyms of Supratemporals

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Definition of Supratemporals

Supratemporal
Supratemporal Su`pra*tem"po*ral, a. (Anat.) Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa. -- n. A supratemporal bone.

Meaning of Supratemporals from wikipedia

- The supratemporal bone is a paired cranial bone present in many tetrapods and tetrapodomorph fish. It is part of the temporal region (the portion of the...
- supratemporal fenestrae are thinned out by excavations from the adjacent fenestrae. These extended margins of thinned bone are called supratemporal fossae...
- usually large and elongate, and attached to the cranium through the supratemporal (often regarded as the squamosal). In rare cases, (Polemon) the transverse...
- supratemporal fenestra still possessed a depressed basin of bone known as a supratemporal fossa. Ezcurra (2016) argued that presence of supratemporal...
- characterized by the skull having greatly reduced supraoccipital, tabular, and supratemporal bones that are no longer in contact with the postorbital. Aside from...
- some previously known: In the skull, a supratemporal fossa (excavation) is present in front of the supratemporal fenestra, the main opening in the rear...
- fenestrae are reduced. The walls of the braincase are bony but lack supratemporal and postfrontal bones. Their tongues are not free, but held in place...
- bones: the postparietals, tabulars, and supratemporals. Parareptiles have particularly large supratemporals, which often extend further backwards than...
- teeth. Another unique trait it had among sauropodomorphs was a closed supratemporal fenestra. The nasal openings, the bony nostrils, were elongated. Though...
- and the parietal showing a kink to behind at the level of the rear supratemporal fenestra, a typical centrosaurine trait. The squamosal and the jugal...