precranial

adj

precranial

adj

Etymology From pre- + cranial.

1

Before (in front of) the cranium

Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.2015 October 22, “Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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