Amphistylic jaw suspension: A type of jaw suspension seen in certain sharks, in which the upper jaw is braced against the cranium and is also supported by the hyomandibular(a set of bones that is found in the hyoid region in most fishes).

Autodiastylic jaw suspension: Upper jaw is attached with the skull and lower jaw is directly attached to the upper jaw. The second arch is a branchial arch and does not take part in jaw suspension.

Hyostylic jaw suspension: A type of jaw suspension seen in most fishes, in which the upper jaw is not directly connected to the cranium. The attachment between cranium and upper jaw is made by a ligament at the front end and by the hyomandibular at the rear end.

Craniostylic jaw suspension: Mammals have only one paired bone, the dentary, in the lower jaw. The articular and quadrate bones are jaw joints in most vertebrates but are moved to the ear in mammals. The entire upper jaw is incorporated into the baincase and jaw suspension is craniostylic.