Definition of Brachydont. Meaning of Brachydont. Synonyms of Brachydont

- called brachydont or brachyodont (from brachys 'short'). It is a type of dentition characterized by low-crowned teeth. Human teeth are brachydont. A brachydont...
- that feed on gritty, fibrous material. The opposite condition is called brachydont. Since the morphology of the hypsodont tooth is suited to a more abrasive...
- Eocene–Miocene of South America. Members of the group are only known for the brachydont teeth. Anisolambdinae refers to their similarity to the type taxon: Anisolambda...
- in the frontoparietal region overhanging the temporal fossae. It has a brachydont dentition like in other giraffids and its legs and feet are of medium...
- Members of the group were small-medium sized cursorial herbivores with brachydont teeth, with their toes showing progressive reduction, with later members...
- legs, all of which are characteristics of a good jumper. Its teeth were brachydont in height, but the development of flattened surfaces and shearing lophs...
- and fourth toe found in modern horses. Judging from its generalised, brachydont teeth, Thoatherium fed on soft leaves rather than on tough gr****es. Argentina...
- brontothere teeth suggests a folivorous diet. Early Brontotheres had brachydont teeth with thick enamel, while later forms evolved a more hypsodont style...
- they grow consistently throughout life, and their ch**** teeth exhibit brachydont (low-crowned teeth) and bunodont (having tubercles on crowns) structures...
- related animals. Ferugliotheriids are known from isolated, low-crowned (brachydont) teeth and possibly a fragment of a lower jaw. Ferugliotherium is estimated...