Meanings
adjectiveepiparietal (not comparable)
- not comparableSituated above the parietal bone.
Of these, all of the bones (n = 27) identifiable to lower taxonomic levels pertain to Centrosaurinae, and nine parietal specimens can be attributed to the new taxon based on diagnostic features of the epiparietal ornamentation.
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
nounepiparietal (plural epiparietals)
plural epiparietals
- An ossification situated above the parietal bone, typically those forming "hornlets" on the frills of ceratopsid dinosaurs.
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