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Pterognathiidae Cosmognathia Diagnosis


Diagnosis of Cosmognathia Sterrer, 1991a

Pterognathiidae with few to many, usually very delicate jaw teeth arranged in two groups but not equally divided between dorsal and ventral part of jaw nor forming an arc or basket. Rostral edge of basal plate without or with very delicate teeth or ridges; caudal edge usually convex and enclosing a spherical knob. (Sterrer 1991a:110).


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