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premaxilla of
various families of bats is used for classification. The
premaxillae of
squamates are fused; this
feature can be used to
distinguish fossil...
- 1950s, it was
suggested that the
foramina (p****ages) in the
maxillae and
premaxillae (bones in the
front of the
upper jaw) of
cynodonts were
channels which...
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specimen 3.3
meters (11 ft). The
later Thal****ocnus
species had
enlarged premaxillae and thus had a more
elongated snout. The
lower jaw
progressively elongated...
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contains a
single species, A. martilli,
known from a
small fragment of the
premaxillae. The
Akharhynchus holotype specimen, FSAC-KK 12500, was
collected by...
- In
extant birds, such as
frugivorous (fruit-eating) pigeons,
kinetic premaxillae help with
consuming large food items. The beak also
appears to have been...
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unique apomorphies:
teeth in the
outer row at
symphysis of
premaxillae fuse with
premaxillae,
teeth at
symphysis of
dentary fuse
among themselves and with...
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length and 10
kilograms (22 lb) in weight. The
holotype consists only of
premaxillae and a
zigzag tooth row; the rest of its body is unknown. This dentition...
- prey. The left and
right premaxillae on the
snout probably did not
intersect at the tip of the snout,
though the
premaxillae took up most of the front...
- and the
specific name
refers to Marshall. The
holotype consists of the
premaxillae (frontmost
bones of the
upper jaw), a
maxilla (main bone of the upper...
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articulated with the
premaxillae for the
nostril openings.
Since both
Suchomimus and
Baryonyx have more
completely preserved premaxillae,
while Cristatusaurus...
