Large elongated paired dermal bones that roof the cranium and bear part of the supraorbital canal. The frontal bones cover the upper edge of the lateral ethmoid, orbitosphenoid and pterosphenoids and overlaps the parietal bone posteriorly. [ GOC:mh ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 ]
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Subclass of:
- dermal bone
- skeletal element of eye region
- actinopterygian frontal bone
- facial bone
- overlaps some frontal-pterotic joint
- part of some dermatocranium
- part of some orbital region
- overlaps some inter-frontal joint
- part of some cranial vault
- overlaps some frontal-parietal joint
- existence starts during or after some larval:days 21-29