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The septo-maxillaries are closely associated with the vomers and form the cavity in which the organ of Jacobson is situated.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John

After the maxillaries and premaxillaries develop, the vomers appear as small horizontal ossifications anterior to the parasphenoid.

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

Hence the vomers of the dog lie, not in the ceiling of the mouth, but in the floor of this nasal passage.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The tooth-bearing parts of the vomers are widely separated and at a slight angle to one another; the vomers terminate medially in two pointed processes on the ethmoid.

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

Ossification begins in the lateral flanges, then in the prevomerine processes, and lastly in the posterior dentigerous parts of the bones; the prevomerine processes are the last parts of the vomers to ossify completely.

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