The wings of gryphons are speculated to be the dislocated head shields of fossil ceratopsians Where are the scapulae and musculature going to go for a harpy?
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It includes species with depressed ( flattened ) heads, rugose ( ridged or wrinkled ) head shields not covered by skin, and moderately long adipose fins.
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The nostrils and the anterior part of the head shield around the orbits, is covered by a number of tiny scales, as is the long trunk.
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Laterally, they are enclosed by an opercular fold and are found in the space beneath the lateral part of the head shield, extending medially underneath the neurocranium.
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The yellow bill extends up as a red coot-like head shield and a reddish wattle, and the legs and very long toes are dull blue-grey.
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There were three appendages on the bottom of the head shield on each side, and these are assumed to have supported the creature on the sandy or silty sea bottom.
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The head shields may be mostly yellow, or mostly black, or crossbanded with a combination of yellow and black, but the sutures between the shields are always black.
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"Olenoides " followed the basic structure of all trilobites a cephalon ( head shield ), a thorax with seven jointed parts, and finally a semicircular pygidium.
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The plates of the trunk shield are noticeably shortened : in " Synauchenia ", the trunk shield and head shield are fused together as a single, immovable unit.
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Blazon : " The greater state arms consist of a head shield azure, quartered by a cross or with outbent arms, and an inescutcheon containing the dynastic arms of the Royal House.
