Anat. and Zool. [See SUPRA- 1 b and TEMPORAL a.2] = SUPERTEMPORAL a.2 (sb.).
1846. [see SUPRA-ORBITAL].
1854. Owen, in Orrs Circ. Sci., Org. Nat., I. 187. The suborbital, superorbital, and supratemporal scale-bones are removed.
1866. Huxley, Laings Preh. Rem. Caithn., 95. The supra-temporal ridges are but little marked.
1888. Rolleston & Jackson, Anim. Life, 95. [In the perch] a forked bone, the supra-temporal scale, connects the fore-limb to the skull.