paraquadratic

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ quadratic.

Adjective

paraquadratic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Over the quadrate or the quadratojugal
   • 2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Because the posterior margin of the quadratojugal and the interpreted presence of a paraquadratic foramen are variable within Brachylophosaurus (see Quadrate and Quadratojugal descriptions and comparisons below), this character is not here considered an autapomorphy, and has been excluded from the emended diagnosis.