supratemporal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of supratemporal
First recorded in 1840–50; supra- + temporal 2
Example Sentences
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Furthermore, their supratemporal fenestrae are proportionally small and become smaller during ontogeny.
From Scientific American • May 24, 2012
The skull in both orders has lost a number of primitive dermal bones in the posterior part; these are: basioccipital, supraoccipital, postparietal, intertemporal, supratemporal, and tabular.
From The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
Laterally the parietal meets the medial angle of the postorbital and the medial border of the supratemporal.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
A slight posterior extension of the parietal crests forms the supratemporal crest, which is present on the posterior part of the parietal and on the anterior part of the supraoccipital.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John
The supratemporal is thus wedge-shaped and located between the parietal and the postorbital.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
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