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Of or pertaining to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear.

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  • A few cranial elements are preserved, including parts of a parietal, squamosal, maxilla, and two dentaries.
  • Raymond's fingers touched them as mine did, stroking the long frontal bones, tracing the delicate squamosal arch of the cheek.
  • Only the raised bar along the squamosal/parietal suture, present in T. latus; and the midline epiparietal, absent in T. latus, may discriminate the two species.
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