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[[File:Image from page 37 of "Water reptiles of the past and present" (1914) (14586264740).jpg|thumb|Hemimandible of ''[[Trimerorhachis]]''; the splenial (labeled "sp") is visible on the interior surface]] | [[File:Image from page 37 of "Water reptiles of the past and present" (1914) (14586264740).jpg|thumb|Hemimandible of ''[[Trimerorhachis]]''; the splenial (labeled "sp") is visible on the interior surface]] | ||
[[File:Dimetrodon_skull_lateral.svg|thumb|Skull and jaws diagram of the primitive [[Synapsida|synapsid]] ''[[Dimetrodon]]'', showing location of the splenial]] | |||
The '''splenial''' is a small [[bone]] in the lower [[jaw]] of [[reptile]]s, [[amphibian]]s and [[bird]]s, usually located on the lingual side (closest to the [[tongue]]) between the [[angular bone|angular]] and [[surangular]].<ref>Romer, A. S. (1956). Osteology of the Reptiles. 772 pp. Chicago & London.</ref><ref>Watson, D. M. S. (1912). LXVII.—On some reptilian lower jaws. Journal of Natural History, 10(60), 573-587.</ref> | The '''splenial''' is a small [[bone]] in the lower [[jaw]] of [[reptile]]s, [[amphibian]]s and [[bird]]s, usually located on the lingual side (closest to the [[tongue]]) between the [[angular bone|angular]] and [[surangular]].<ref>Romer, A. S. (1956). Osteology of the Reptiles. 772 pp. Chicago & London.</ref><ref>Watson, D. M. S. (1912). LXVII.—On some reptilian lower jaws. Journal of Natural History, 10(60), 573-587.</ref> | ||
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The splenial is a small bone in the lower jaw of reptiles, amphibians and birds, usually located on the lingual side (closest to the tongue) between the angular and surangular.[1][2]
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