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para- +‎ medial

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paramedial (not comparable)

  1. Near or next to the middle
    • 2016 February 6, “Cranial Anatomy and Palaeoneurology of the Archosaur Riojasuchus tenuisceps from the Los Colorados Formation, La Rioja, Argentina”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The skeleton comprises 26 partially articulated vertebrae (19 presacral, 3 sacral, and 4 caudal), with articulated paramedial osteoderms in some cervical and dorsal regions; incomplete scapulocoracoids, incomplete humeri, a distal portion of left radius and ulna articulating with carpus; left ilium and pubis, left femur, left tibiae and fibulae articulating with complete pes.

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