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Parasphenoid

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Par`a`sphe´noid
a.1.(Anat.) Near the sphenoid bone; - applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.
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[7] Anterolateral process of parasphenoid (Costa 1998a) (CI: 0.
Relationships and taxonomy of the killifish genus Rivulus ... by Costa, Wilson J.E.M. / Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic biology
CLASS AMPHIBIA (AMPHIBIANS) ORDER ANURA (Toads and Frogs) FAMILY BUFONIDAE (Toads) Genus Bufo Laurenti, 1768 (Toads) Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 (American Toad) Material: A parasphenoid (or), a right mandible (ch), two sacra (ch and sd), a left and a right ilium (rd and sd), and a femur (ch) [MSUVP 2052] identified by JAH.
Late Holocene (Little Ice Age Interval) microvertebrates from ... by Holman, J. Alan; Lundrigan, Barbara L.; Myers, Philip / Michigan Academician
Diagnosis A monogeneric atheriniform family with the parasphenoid concave rather than convex, parasphenoid myodomes present; mesethmoid morphology unique, nasal septum formed by ethmoid and mesethmoid; parietals not contributing to posttemporal fossa; anterior vertebral parapophyses with lateral ridges; interdorsals absent; cleithrum dorsal enclosure absent; membrane just posterior to genital opening; and pelvic posteromedial process elongate.
Descriptive anatomy of Iso rhothophilus (Ogilby), with a phylogenetic ... by Saeed, Basim; Ivantsoff, Walter; Aarn / Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic biology
 
 
 
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