paraquadratic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

para- +‎ quadratic

Adjective[edit]

paraquadratic (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Over the quadrate or the quadratojugal
    • 2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Because the posterior margin of the quadratojugal and the interpreted presence of a paraquadratic foramen are variable within Brachylophosaurus (see Quadrate and Quadratojugal descriptions and comparisons below), this character is not here considered an autapomorphy, and has been excluded from the emended diagnosis.