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posterior termination of the palatal part of the palatine bone is at the level of the posterior
margin of M 3 .
Parietal.— Much of what can be said about the parietals has been described in the
context of the frontal. The sutures with the alisphenoid and squamosal are obscured by
breakage. The right and left elements meet along a straight sagittal suture to form a
single sagittal crest (Figs. 3.1, 4, 6-8, 10: 24). They appear to end short of the nuchal
crests (e.g., Fig. 3.8: 25), such that a different bone forms the posterior margin of the
dorsal aspect of the skull (Fig. 3.8: 26). However the identity of the particular bone that
forms this last segment is not obvious (see below). It appears that the parietals were free
of foramina for ramus temporalis branches of the stapedial artery or emissarial venae
commitantes; however, this assessment lacks confidence because the elements have
suffered so much breakage. The length of the sagittal crest is roughly 41 mm (this
measurement includes the fragment shown in Fig. 3.8, which is not attached to the
specimen in other figures).
Squamosal.— The left glenoid fossa and part of the right glenoid fossa are intact
(Figs. 3.4, 5: 27). Fragments of the contribution to the neurocranial portion are
preserved, but their sutural contacts are obscured through crushing. Although looking at
physical specimens hints that meaningful morphology of the alisphenoid or petrosal
contact might be preserved, HRxCT data shows the internal morphology to be shifted,
sheared, and crushed in these regions. The left postglenoid process (Figs. 3.4, 5: 28) is
oriented transversely and is situated lateral to the postglenoid foramen (Fig. 3.5: 29). It
projects straight ventrally by about 3.7 mm and is separated from the glenoid by a
shallow, transversely running trough on the joint surface (Fig. 3.4: 28). The entoglenoid
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