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Sign in to save__NOTOC__ thumb|right|A euryapsid skull. Euryapsida is a polyphyletic (unnatural, as the various members are not closely related) group of sauropsids that are distinguished by a single temporal fenestra, an opening behind the orbit, under which the post-orbital and squamosal bones articulate. They are different from Synapsida, which also have a single opening behind the orbit, by the placement of the fenestra. In synapsids, this opening is below the articulation of the post-orbital and squamosal bones. It is now commonly believed that euryapsids (particularly sauropterygians) are in fact diaps
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- Neodiapsida
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- taxon name
- Euryapsida
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- subclass
- Commons category
- Diapsida
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