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File Name: 57076_bird_skull
Description: "Saurognathous skull of woodpecker (Colaptes auratus). v, v, the posterior parts of the abortive vomer; s, point of sphenoid; mxp, maxillopalatine; pt, pterygoid; me, ossified mesethmoid; pl, palatine; q, quadrate; bt, basitemporal; fm, foramen magnum. The posterior part of one palatine is cut away to show the long anterior projection of the pterygoid." -Whitney, 1911
Source: Whitney, William Dwight The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York: The Century Co., 1911) 8: 5355
Keywords: woodpecker skull, bird anatomy, palate, Saurognathous skull, Colaptes auratus, abortive vomer, maxillopalatine, pterygoid, ossified mesethmoid, palatine, quadrate, basitemporal, foramen magnum, palatine, skull parts

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