The premaxilla (or praemaxilla) is one of a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals, usually, but not always, bearing...

maxilla and premaxilla are relatively plate-like bones, forming only the sides of the upper jaw, and part of the face, with the premaxilla also forming...

are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on...

depression forms in the two halves of the premaxilla in the upper jaw, allowing the kype to fit into the premaxilla when the mouth is closed. The kype functions...

was notably narrow and mainly formed by the nasal, premaxilla, and maxilla bones. The premaxilla was the anteriormost bone in the skull, and it was longer...

other bony fish lies mainly in their jaw bones; teleosts have a movable premaxilla and corresponding modifications in the jaw musculature which make it possible...

compressed, sharp, pointed laniariform incisor near the hinder edge of the premaxilla, followed in the male at least by a moderate-sized, pointed, curved true...

mostly by the nasals, the premaxilla contribute heavily in the species from Thailand. The greater contribution of the premaxilla also extends to the back...

of Paraná and Villa Urquiza. The specimen, a fragment of the animal's premaxilla containing several teeth, was later rediscovered by Alberto Luis Cione...

bone in between them. The upper jaw is often formed largely from the premaxilla, with the maxilla itself located further back, and an additional bone...