Meanings
adjectivegnathobasic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelated to, or characteristic of a gnathobase
The expanded coxal gnathobasic surface is differentiated from the main body of the coxa by a narrow ‘neck’ (Fig. 13b ).
2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, →DOI
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