Re: Troodontid jugals

[SeanSt8579@aol.com]

<<In all vertebrates, the descending (jugal) process of the postorbital 
extends along the front of the ascending (postorbital) processes of the jugal 
in a 
overallping joint.>>

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I didnt mean the contact between 
postorbital and jugal, but where the acendending process extends from the jugal 
itself. 
I was under the impression that the derived troodontid jugal looks something 
like (in right lateral view, with the line sticking up being the postorbital 
process):

__|__________

and the derived dromaeosaurid something like:

_____|________

with the latter located more rostrally.

Many thanks,

-Sean