Postfrontal bone
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Postfrontal bone
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The postfrontal is a paired cranial bone found in many tetrapods. It occupies an area of the skull roof between and behind the orbits, lateral to the frontal and parietal bones, and anterior to the postorbital bone. The postfrontal forms part of the rear and upper border of the eye socket when present. It is particularly large in many extinct amphibians and their sarcopterygian ancestors, stretching forwards to contact the prefrontal, thus separating the frontal from the rim of the orbit. In liv
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfrontal_bone
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2023-07-18T22:25:10Z
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