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Calvarium
The calvaria is the top part of the skull. It is the superior part of the neurocranium and covers the cranial cavity containing the brain. It forms the main component of the skull roof.
The calvaria is made up of the superior portions of the frontal bone, occipital bone, and parietal bones. In the human skull, the sutures between the bones normally remain flexible during the first few years of postnatal development, and fontanelles are palpable. Premature complete ossification of these sutures is called craniosynostosis.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Calvarium lancifer
speciesCalvarium lancifer
Calvarium bellendenker
speciesCalvarium bellendenker
Calvarium superbum
speciesCalvarium superbum
Calvarium cochlearifer
speciesCalvarium cochlearifer
Calvarium hamifer
speciesCalvarium hamifer
Calvarium massarti
speciesCalvarium massarti
Calvarium australiense
speciesCalvarium australiense
Calvarium inimpressum
speciesCalvarium inimpressum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1027209.