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- noun Plural form of
prefrontal .
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Gong et al. (2004) identified prefrontals and a robust postorbital, for example, but the excellent photos they provided show that the 'prefrontals' may just be parts of the nasals
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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While these possibilities remain untested (to my knowledge) it now seems that the primary function of the bones was that they housed enlarged salt glands, as exceptionally well preserved Argentinian metriorhynchids actually have their salt glands preserved within the prefrontals (Fernández & Gasparini 2000).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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These expanded prefrontals appear to have gotten larger during the evolution of the group, and their function has always been mysterious: did they somehow protect the eyes during predation behaviour, or did they somehow enhance streamlining?
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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These expanded prefrontals appear to have gotten larger during the evolution of the group, and their function has always been mysterious: did they somehow protect the eyes during predation behaviour, or did they somehow enhance streamlining?
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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While these possibilities remain untested (to my knowledge) it now seems that the primary function of the bones was that they housed enlarged salt glands, as exceptionally well preserved Argentinian metriorhynchids actually have their salt glands preserved within the prefrontals (Fernández & Gasparini 2000).
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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