What does stegocephalic mean?
Stegocephalic means Alternative form of stegocephalous..
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Alternative form of stegocephalous..
In Hylonomus this becomes strengthened by an apparently true stegocephalic skull-cover, as well as by the thick comb-like develop- ment of teeth in the roof of the mouth, and the presence of a ventral shield of bony scales.
One munches an apple, one buzzes his lips like a hornet, the third twiddles the radical of his stegocephalic posthon.
It is immediately obvious that the surface structure and the side-line channels of the cranial surface are strikingly stegocephalic.
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Stegocephalic means Alternative form of stegocephalous..
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In Hylonomus this becomes strengthened by an apparently true stegocephalic skull-cover, as well as by the thick comb-like develop- ment of teeth in the roof of the mouth, and the presence of a ventral shield of bony scales.
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