Posts tagged with "Reptilia"



Skull sutures in early "anapsids" - what can they tell us about the evolution of temporal openings?
Skull evolution · 26. May 2022
Temporal openings likely formed by the reduction of functionally "unneeded" areas in the temporal dermatocranium. We analyzed the skull sutures in the early amniote Captorhinus aguti to check whether potential pre-stages for temporal openings can be found in an early "anapsid".