Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sheathing or covering the beak, as integument; of or pertaining to the rhamphotheca.
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This suggests that, in life, the rhamphothecal covering to the premaxillae was serrated too, and you'll note that some artists have depicted their iguanodontians with beaks of this form.
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