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squamosal

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squa·mo·sal (skw-msl)
adj.
Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.
n.
A squamosal bone.


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Instead, the team found that the squamosal bone, which forms part of the frill, was injured 10 times more frequently in Triceratops than in Centrosaurus.
Eventually, the bone flange reached the squamosal of the skull and became a second jaw joint.
The right MCA was exposed through a 2-mm hole drilled 2-mm rostral and 5-mm ventral to the fusion point of the zygomatic arch with the squamosal skull bone.
 
 
 
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