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splenial

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splenial
pertaining to a splenium (anatomical).


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The splenial appears to be fused with the dentary in all specimens, and does not extend posteriorly beyond the apex of the coronoid in specimens where this character can be evaluated.
Presence of a splenial symphysis rules out identity with the large alligatorid from the Paleocene Black Peaks Formation of Big Bend National Park (Brochu 1996), in which the splenials did not meet at the midline.
 
 
 
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