epiossifications

A form of epiossification — A bony extension (of a dinosaur's frill).

Scrabble 23

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of epiossification

    Preliminary homology assessments of the epiossifications that occupy the periphery of the parietosquamosal frill follow the original analysis [11 ], which is discussed in Loewen et al.

    2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the Evolution of Ceratopsid Nasal Ornamentation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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