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Only two articulations within the mandibular segment are discussed here: the dentary-dentary and predentary-dentary joints. Contacts between post-dentary bones occur as relatively simple and firm butt or scarf configurations and probably add little, if anything, to skull mobility during mastication. As a result, these joints will not be described.
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Weishampel, D.B. (1984). Mandibular Segment. In: Evolution of Jaw Mechanisms in Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 87. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69533-9_7
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