Meanings
adjectivesquamosal (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone
nounsquamosal (plural squamosals)
plural squamosals
- The platelike part of the temporal bone
In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72).
1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, “Chapter 1”, in The Osteology of the Reptiles
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