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selenodont
selenodont, a. and n. (sɪˈliːnəʊdɒnt) [f. Gr. σελήν-η moon + ὀδοντ- tooth.] a. adj. Of molar teeth: Having crescentic ridges on the crowns. Also, having such teeth, of or pertaining to the Selenodonta. b. n. A selenodont animal.1883 Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 429/2 The grinding surfaces of the mola...
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Selenodont
Selenodont teeth are the type of molars and premolars commonly found in ruminant herbivores. Viewed from the side, selenodont teeth form a series of triangular cusps.
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Pantolambda
Teeth
The teeth had a selenodont structure; enamel ridges with crescent-shaped cusps. Selenodont teeth are found in modern grazers and browsers such as cattle and deer, but Pantolambda'''s teeth were low-crowned and indicate a not very specialized
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bunodont
bunodont, a. and n. (ˈbjuːnədɒnt) [f. Gr. βουνός mound + ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth.] A. adj. Designating molar teeth whose crowns are elevated into tubercles; having tuberculate molars. B. n. A mammal with teeth of this pattern.1874 E. D. Cope in Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. VIII. 72 Bunodont type; crown support...
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Amblypoda
was developed in each, but whereas in the Periptychidae, the upper molars were bunodont and tritubercular, in the Pantolambdidae, they had assumed a selenodont
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brachyodont
brachyodont, a. (ˈbrækɪədɒnt) Also brachydont. [f. brachy- + ὀδούς (ὀδοντ-) tooth.] Designating teeth with short or low crowns and well-developed roots.1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 430/1 Modification of [the selenodont form] from a brachyodont to a hypsodont type. 1884 Geol. Mag. 548 Detac...
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Bothriodontinae
The group can be distinguished from other anthracothere lineages by their upper molars with the mesostyle that is occupied by the transverse valley, selenodont
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Xiphodontidae
Description
The molar teeth of xiphodontids are brachydont (low crowned) and selenodont.
Taxonomy
The Xiphodontidae were named by Flower (1883).
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Notonychops
Notonychops had a specialized set of teeth, with selenodont lower molars and premolars with a strong parastyle and a metastyle with paracone and protocone
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Mesowear
The method has been developed only for selenodont and trilophodont molars, but the principle is readily extendable to other crown types.
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大臼齿
半月齿(selenodont): 表面有半月形的嵴。
斜纹齿(loxodont):表面有斜向的嵴。非洲象属的拉丁学名“Loxodonta”(意为“菱形”)即源于此。
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Titanohyrax
Titanohyrax is unusual among the numerous Paleogene hyracoids by its lophoselenodont teeth (having teeth that are lophodont and selenodont, fully molariform
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Oromerycidae
Like other tylopods, oromerycids had selenodont teeth and gracile limbs.
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Antilohyrax
It had features not seen in other hyraxes, including a "broad hyper-pectinate comb-like first incisor" on its lower jaw, selenodont molars and a rostrum
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Molar (tooth)
Selenodont
In selenodont molars (so-named after moon goddess Selene), the major cusp is elongated into crescent-shaped ridge.
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