208 THE SKULL. [CHAP. xi. 



and but very little elevated. The horizontal portion is very 

 massive and rounded to support the great molar teeth ; it 

 unites with its fellow in front in a narrow, prolonged, spout- 

 like symphysis. 



The stylohyals are forked at their upper extremity, the 

 posterior process being greatly developed. They taper 

 below to a point which is connected by a long ligament with 

 the basihyal. The thyrohyals are long, compressed, and 

 ankylosed to the basihyal. 1 



3 See A. H. Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, P- 3^5- 



