Meanings
adjectiveepisquamosal (not comparable)
- not comparableSituated above the squamosal bone
The posterior margin of TMP 2011.051.0001 has four episquamosal loci, all of which are occupied by well-fused episquamosals.
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
nounepisquamosal (plural episquamosals)
plural episquamosals
- An ossification situated above the squamosal bone
Origin
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