Postparietal
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title:
Postparietal
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Postparietals are cranial bones present in fish and many tetrapods. Although initially a pair of bones, many lineages possess postparietals which were fused into a single bone. The postparietals were dermal bones situated along the midline of the skull, behind the parietal bones. They formed part of the rear edge of the skull roof, and the lateral edge of each postparietal often contacts the tabular and supratemporal bones. In fish, the postparietals are elongated, typically the largest componen
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Fish skull bones
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postparietal
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2023-12-03T09:19:59Z
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