supratemporals
supratemporals is the plural of supratemporal.
Meaning of supratemporal
Noun
supratemporal (plural supratemporals)
- A supratemporal bone.
- In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72).1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, “Chapter 1”, in The Osteology of the Reptiles
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- Supratemporals is the plural of supratemporal.
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