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The 15 pages that link to Secondary palate, each with the reason it gives.

• SynapsidRelated: Its development in several therapsid groups allowed breathing while food remained in the mouth.

• CrocodyliaRelated: It lets crocodilians breathe through the nose while holding prey underwater.

• CrocodylomorphaRelated: In many crocodylomorphs, it allowed breathing while the mouth held prey or was submerged.

• TherapsidaRelated: Its development in some therapsids allowed breathing while food remained in the mouth.

• CrocodyliformesRelated: Its development helped some crocodyliforms breathe while holding prey or submerged.

• MammaliaformesRelated: Its development allowed breathing to continue while food was held in the mouth.

• Mammalian jawRelated: Its evolution helped decouple breathing from chewing in mammalian feeding.

• Crocodyliform skullRelated: In crocodyliforms, this structure lets breathing continue while the mouth is occupied.

• CynodontiaRelated: Its development allowed cynodonts to breathe while holding food in the mouth.

• SpinosauridaeRelated: Evidence for this structure in some spinosaurids bears on breathing while gripping prey.

• TherocephaliaRelated: A bony secondary palate evolved in some therocephalians and marked a mammal-like anatomical change.

• ThrinaxodonRelated: Thrinaxodon’s palate anatomy bears on how it could breathe while eating.