Palatoquadrate

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

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

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[:0-1] Kardong, Kenneth (2015). Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution -Seventh edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 244–248, 256. ISBN 978-0-07-802302-6.

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Palatoquadrate

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