exomeckelian

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adjective

Of or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.

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Meanings

adjectiveexomeckelian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.

    The area between the ventral margin of the prearticular and ventral margin of the jaw is the exomeckelian fenestra. It contains the endochondral Meckelian bone, which surrounds a number of endomeckelian fenestrae as a series of arches.

    2006 August 28, Matthew T. Carrano, Timothy J. Gaudin, Richard W. Blob, John R. Wible, Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 36

Origin

From exo- + Meckelian.

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