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Above the foramen magnum the median supra-occipital bone completes what is called the occipital arch.
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I at first thought of taking the length of the skull by a craniometer, and seeing what portion of the total length to the posterior edge of the sacrum it would be, but I soon discarded the idea on account of the variation in the supra-occipital process.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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In the Labrador duck the premaxillaries are rather broader than in the wild duck; and in two skulls of this breed the vertical ridges on each side of the supra-occipital bone are very prominent.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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