occipital condyle

At the back of the head, the connection with the neck, the occipital condyle, pointed rather downwards.

The occipital condyle was not noticeable in the specimen of Brachystelechus.

The occipital condyle, however, was small, further suggestive of the skull's relative lightness.

The skull has a single occipital condyle.

At the back of the skull, the occipital condyle (which articulates with the neck vertebrae) is downturned.

The atlas articulates with the occipital condyle superiorly and the axis inferiorly.

At the back of the head there are deep depressions below the occipital condyle and on the subotics, each with several pneumatic grooves.

Several distinguishing characteristics can be seen in the skull of Diunatans, including a large occipital condyle and very small nasal bones compared to other rorquals.

It consists, apart from the occipital condyle, of two supraorbital horn cores of about twenty-two centimetres length.

Edopoids have several primitive or plesiomorphic features, including a single occipital condyle and a bone called the intertemporal that is absent in other temnospondyls.

The anteriomedial wall of the condylar canal thickens to join the foramen magnum rim and connect to the occipital condyle.

The distal plate articulates with the occipital condyle of the head, while the proximal plate is hinged to the prothoracic episternum.

The occipital condyle in SMNS 55884 clearly indicates that it is a microsaur rather than a captorhinomorph reptile.

The jaw was double jointed, and the neck was flexible, with an atlas and axis and a double occipital condyle.

Derived characters shared by these dinosaurs include a narrow strap-shaped paroccipital process, a very small occipital condyle, and an upturned dorsal margin of the predentary.

Diagnostic characteristics for the Nodosauridae include the following: supraorbital boss rounded protuberance, occipital condyle derived from only the basioccipital and ornamentation present on the premaxilla.

The incomplete skull includes the snout and the occiput, lacking occipital condyle, with fragments of the supratemporal arches and isolated right articular.

The smoothness of the lower jaw, along with the small size of the occipital condyle at the back of the skull, is a feature consistent with goniopholidids.

The skulls of edopoids have only one occipital condyle connecting them to the vertebrae of the neck, whereas more derived temnospondyls have two occipital condyles.

The condylar canal (or condyloid canal) is a canal in the condyloid fossa of the lateral parts of occipital bone behind the occipital condyle.

The alar ligaments connect the sides of the dens (on the axis, or the second cervical vertebra) to tubercles on the medial side of the occipital condyle.

The neural arches of the atlas are fused to the intercentrum, strengthening the anterior atlantal cotyle, a cup-like depression that articulates with the occipital condyle of the skull.

The traits listed by Lydekker in 1896, for example, include a single occipital condyle, a jaw joint formed by the quadrate and articular bones, and certain characteristics of the vertebrae.

Resection of the rectus capitus posterior major and minor muscles reveals the bony recess leading to the condylar canal, which is situated posterior and lateral to the occipital condyle.

The occipital condyle bone in her neck was the size of a grapefruit, and it allowed her to turn her head almost 180 degrees so that she could snap and bite in all directions.