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Hypsodont is a
pattern of
dentition characterized by
teeth with high crowns,
providing extra material for wear and tear. Some
examples of
animals with...
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examples of
animals with
hypsodont dentition are
cattle and horses, all
animals that feed on gritty,
fibrous material.
Hypsodont molars can
continue to...
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driver of
hypsodont tooth development, not the silica-rich
composition of gr****, as was
previously thought.
Since the
morphology of the
hypsodont tooth is...
- leaves, buds, fruit, and
certain kinds of
insects as
inferred by
large hypsodont teeth. The
Flores giant rat has been
suggested to have been a prey item...
- or low-crowned, to
slightly hypsodont (higher-crowned) dentitions,
Oligocene species tended to have more semi-
hypsodont dentitions.
Theridomorphs ranged...
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cusps of
earlier proboscideans,
allowing them to
become higher-crowned (
hypsodont) and more
efficient in
consuming gr****. The Late
Miocene saw
major climactic...
- (eye sockets) are
prominent and set high on the skull.
Their teeth are
hypsodont, and
their dental formula is 0.0.3.33.1.3.3.
Unlike deer,
pronghorns possess...
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diprotodontid marsupial from
Australia and New Guinea. This
marsupial had
hypsodont molars and
weighed around 500 kg. It was a
relative of the
larger Diprotodon...
- incisors, pre-molars, and molars, but no canines. The ch****
teeth are
hypsodont and flat-crowned.
Fossil taxa
follow McKenna and Bell, with modifications...
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dental pad, that
provides a
surface to grip gr****es and foliage. They are
hypsodont and selenodont,
since the
molars and
premolars are low-crowned and crescent-shaped...
