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palpebral bone

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UBPROP 0000008

The most extreme development of the palpebral is found in the armored dino- saur Euoplocephalus tutus, where the bone forms a quarter-sphere and adducts to completely occlude the or- bit (Coombs, 1972; Vickaryous and Russell, 2003). Notwithstanding the superficially similar position, palpe- brals and tarsal plates differ both anatomically and developmentally and are not considered homologous (Gauthier et al., 1988)

editor note

PMID:16496288 says 'invests' the eyelid, is this consistent across taxa?

has broad synonym

palpebral

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UBERON:0010309