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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

diapsid Applied to a type of skull that has two temporal openings behind the eye. This is typical of Archosauria, Lepidosauria, and Rhynchocephalia. See also DIAPSIDA.

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