Palatoquadrate

In some fishes, the palatoquadrate is the dorsal component of the mandibular arch, the ventral one being Meckel's cartilage. The palatoquadrate forms from splanchnocranium in various chordates including placoderms and acanthodians.[1]

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References

Kardong, Kenneth (2015). Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution -Seventh edition. New York, NY 10121: McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 244–248, 256. ISBN 978-0-07-802302-6.CS1 maint: location (link)

Kardong, Kenneth V. Vertebrates Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution. p. 227.

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