the palate shows two distinct regions that are covered in minute foramina. these areas probably had a horny covering in life. the broad groove running along the tooth row on the dentary was probably also covered by a horny layer. it is possible that these regions allowed for occlusion where the upper teeth met the groove lateral to the lower teeth and the lower teeth met one of the regions of the palatine. this is still under scrutiny as the palatine region is short in comparison to the lower tooth row and the second horn covered area on the palatine does not oppose any structure in the lower jaw. because the palatine region is shortened, effective occlusion for shearing would only be possible when the lower jaw was in a retracted position.