1849 Dana Geol. App. I. (1850) 686*Supero-anterior margin slightly depressed.
1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 19 Dec. 1029*Supero-dorsally it is notched to form the inferior border of the floccular fossa. [ the proötic]
1903 Ibid. 17 Mar. 269The alisphenoid..is not yet completely ossified... Its *supero-external angle is produced outwards to form the postorbital process.
1899 Ibid. 19 Dec. 1029The exoccipital..is bounded *supero-internally by the supraoccipital, and *supero-externally by that portion of the proötic cartilage which lodges the floccular fossa.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 874/1 note,The *supero-, mid-, and infero-frontal subdivisions of the frontal area of the skull.
1890 Billings Med. Dict. s.v. Frontal,The superior frontal or supero-frontal . [ sulcus]
1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 103Common Crayfish... The *supero-lateral ossicles.
1866 J. A. Meigs Cranial FormsAmer. Aborig. 29No. 1447..exhibits the *supero-occipital flatness of the Swedish form.
1852 Dana Crust. ii. 1272This *supero-posterior portion of the shell.
1849 ― Geol. App. i. (1850) 699*Supero-posteriorly there are four smaller..depressions.
supero-
combining form
Etymology: Latin superus upper — more at superior
: situated above
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