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RE: Palpebral Bones
Chris Brochu wrote:
Palpebrals in crocodylians are largest in those taxa that tend to sit still
in rain forest streams.
I guess the dumb follow up question is: could junk in the stream come
rushing at the crocodylians such that they would need nice, big palpebral
bones even when just sitting there to deflect it?
Or does there have to be a function at all? An outgrowth of ontogeny,
allometric considerations, etc.?
Matt Bonnan
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