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The first thing collected was an entire skull of the great cave bear, with its maxillaries in place.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

These differences in shape of the snout are dependent on the nature of the underlying cranial bones, principally the maxillaries and nasals.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

The posteromedial points do not reach the lateral margins of the ethmoid, and the maxillary processes extend about three-fourths the distance from the bodies of the nasals to the maxillaries.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

Ossification lengthens the posterior termini of the maxillaries to the posterior edge of the orbit.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

The maxillaries bear well-developed dorsal flanges, curve gently, join the moderately convex premaxillaries anteriorly and form a slightly truncate snout.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.