- dentin. The
opposite condition to
hypsodont is
called brachydont or
brachyodont (from
brachys 'short'). It is a type of
dentition characterized by low-crowned...
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defined by
dental synapomorphies from its molars.
Equoids were
originally brachyodont (low-crowned) in dentition, but the
morphologies of
their molars had...
- area of this taxa can be
described as
having the
molar lophodont and
brachyodont with a
hypolophid formed by
lingually displaced component of posthypocristid...
-
discovered the
holotype material. It is
diagnosed as
being a medium-sized and
brachyodont (low-crowned)
theridomyid with
various specific morphologies of its cuspids...
-
hendeyi from the
Early Pliocene of
South Africa found that the
teeth were
brachyodont, but had a
higher hypsodonty than a giraffe, and that it was best classified...
- modern-day
bovids and
cervids in
dental morphology (for instance, it had
brachyodont molars),
while the
former was more advanced.
Other deer-like
forms included...
- from
early Pleistocene material from India. The
shortened faced and
brachyodont dentition suggests it
belongs to the
subfamily Chalicotheriinae. Nestoritherium...
- bunodont, lophodont, or
selenodont dentitions.
Whereas Eocene species had
brachyodont, or low-crowned, to
slightly hypsodont (higher-crowned) dentitions, Oligocene...
-
tapir skull South American tapir skull Mountain tapir skull Tapirs have
brachyodont, or low-crowned teeth, that lack cementum.
Their dental formula is: Totaling...
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postcanine diastemata (gaps
between teeth)
compared to
Palaeotherium and
brachyodont (low-crowned)
dentition that
evolutionarily progressed towards hypsodonty...
