Basipterygoid
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Ba`sip`ter´y`goid
a. & n. | 1. | (Anat.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
References in periodicals archive
Ventrally, the
basipterygoid process is lengthy with the distal portion expanded and contacting the pterygoid.
Xinjiangchelys latimarginalis (Young and Chow, 1953)): absence of
basipterygoid process, absence of paired pits on the ventral surface of the basisphenoid; foramen jugulare posterius not formed in bone.
Ontogeny and homology of the
basipterygoid articulation in Pantodon buchholzi (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha).
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