- pleurosphenoid
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misnomer for pterosphenoid, q.v., since it is not homologous with the reptilian pleurosphenoid
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
pleurosphenoid
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os pleurosphenoideum — (plural ossa pleurosphenoidea)) pleurosphenoid (misnomer for pterosphenoid, q.v., since it is not homologous with the reptilian pleurosphenoid) … Dictionary of ichthyology
os pterosphenoideum — (plural ossa pterosphenoidea)) pterosphenoid (the paired, deep, endochondral bone roofing the skull lying under the frontal, and posterior to the orbitosphenoid. Miscalled alisphenoid and pleurosphenoid but these bones in mammals and reptiles… … Dictionary of ichthyology
pterosphenoid — the paired, deep, endochondral bone roofing the skull lying under the frontal, and posterior to the orbitosphenoid. Miscalled alisphenoid and pleurosphenoid but these bones in mammals and reptiles respectively are not homologous … Dictionary of ichthyology
