A thin medial unpaired dermal bone that is kite or paddle-shape. Underlying the ethmoid, and slightly overlapping the parasphenoid posteriorly, the prevomer bears an anterolateral projection that terminates in a concave depression in which the preethmoids sit. [ ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 GOC:mh ]
Synonyms: vomer
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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- dermal bone
- vomer
- neurocranium bone
- part of some dermatocranium
- existence starts during or after some larval:days 21-29
- part of some palate
- part of some olfactory region