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Th"amor;>hognathHomhas an arched poster-iorproce,.,. and a
straight lateral process s"t at an obtus~ ..ngl.. of liD to no d"gree'l.
The anterior process is shoTt ..nd curved Into a plane nearly perp~ndlcuLn
tu tit", plane of the long. slightly sinuo". and laterally flared poster-iorprocess.
The laceralpr"c"s" Is strafl'htandl"'sltuatedanterinr
(1'i0 10 160 degr"u) to the posterior procu.... Th"basal cavity continues
along all three processes. It 19 narrow In th.. anterior and the {aterlll
process"s and broadly {hred b"neath the pOSterior ~>roc"ss.
The f .. lodlfo.... has a robust and generally long base thatexhlbits
a 'Itrong outer-lateral f1ar... nu. cusp Is later; and slelllier
prodlned cusps and long "trail\ht posterior process"s with n:"'-llnifornly
sl~ed dentlcles. n,e tr;chnnodelliforlnS have sYnll"-trieal denlicul3t.. laleralprocesAes
thatorallyd;vergeata""ngleof IOtol5deg..eesand
which are lat"r"lly sel at an angle of 20 to 25 degrees wi th th.. pO~l"rlor
I'ro"e~... The belOdHorlM have a sharp-edge,d and undent lculated antertorprocess
that enc1os"s anangl"'o( 35 to 1,5 deRreeswith theposterlorproce,,,•.
Thet"'lraprion1odtformsh"veananterlnrd"nllculaled
..ndl...olateral dent;culatedprocess"s, 1o',e"vl"",eddO\ffl the cusp. the
lateralprocesses3r"set3tanan/ll"o(about 135 degrees. Laterally,
the anterior a"d posterior processes m.ake an angle n(about 30 del! rees
and the outer-lateral and the pMterlor processes ""'ke 3n "nglc·of .about