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The transverse processes are directed laterally on the second and sixth vertebrae, ventrolaterally on the third, posterolaterally on the fourth and fifth, and anterolaterally on the seventh and eighth.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

Just less than one-half the distance from the anterior end of the palatine, there is a lateral process that curves ventrolaterally forming a blunt tip posteriorly.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John

The fossa is lateral to much of the adductor chamber; consequently muscles arising from the parietals passed ventrolaterally, parallel to the oblique quadrate ramus of the pterygoid, to their attachment on the mandible.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.

The zygosphene is thin dorsoventrally; in a ventral or dorsal view the zygosphene has a slightly concave anterior edge, the flat surface of which is oriented ventrolaterally.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John