Variation in the suspension of vertebrate jaws

Hyostyly - mandibular arch supported primarily by hyomandibula (typical Chondrichthyes).

Amphistyly - mandibular arch supported in part by hyomandibula (typical Actinopterygia).

Autostyly - mandibular arch not supported by hyomandibula (Dipnoi, Tetrapoda).


Text material © 2002 by Steven M. Carr