Cistecephalids had boxy, broad skulls with relatively laterally directed temporal openings and anteriorly directed orbits; they therefore had binocular vision, which may have been an adaptation for nocturnality or an insectivorous lifestyle.
Cistecephalids had boxy, broad skulls with relatively laterally directed temporal openings, a result of a considerably broadened intertemporal region. They also had anteriorly directed orbits; they may had binocular vision, which may have been an adaptation for nocturnality or an insectivorous lifestyle.