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The presphenoid might also be considered as a vertebral body, but it develops independently of the basilar plate and trabeculæ.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

The presphenoid develops in isolation between the lateral trabeculæ, just behind the point where 153they fuse.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

As an example of serial homology we might take the centra of the vertebræ—the vomer, the presphenoid, the basisphenoid, the basioccipital and the series of centra in the spinal column.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Cranially, subater differs from taylori in: presphenoid not shaped like an hour-glass; parapterygoid processes thicker medially; interparietal diamond-shaped instead of elongated and compressed.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

The skull of Vertebrates consists, according to Müller, of three vertebræ, whose centra are the basioccipital, the basisphenoid and the presphenoid.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell