Large shield-shaped unpaired median cartilage bone that contact the parietal anteriorly, and the exoccipital and epiotic laterally. Forms the posterodorsal most point of the cranium. The supraoccipital usually bears a crest that extends posterodorsally. [ ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 GOC:mh ]
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Subclass of:
- endochondral bone
- supraoccipital bone
- part of some occipital region
- develops from some tectum synoticum
- overlaps some supraoccipital-parietal joint
- part of some chondrocranium
- part of some cranial vault