precotyloid

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ cotyloid.

Adjective

precotyloid (not comparable)

  1. anterior to a cotyloid structure
    • 2015 December 31, “A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Abbreviations: Bso, basioccipital; bpt.pr, basipterygoid process; Bsp, basisphenoid; b.t., basal tubera; Exo, exoccipital; F, frontal; i.c, groove for the inter carotid; Lsp, laterosphenoid; m.pr, median process; ol.t, olfactory tract; Op, opisthostic; Osp, orbitosphenoid; P, parietal; Pro, paroccipital; prcp.pr, precotyloid process; Po, postorbital; Pr, prootic; Prsp, presphenoid; Psp, parasphenoid; q.c, quadrate cotylus; Spo, spraoccipital; s.cr, sagittal crest; Sq, squamosal.