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morphology of the
hypsodont tooth is
suited to a more
abrasive diet,
hypsodonty was
thought to have
evolved concurrently with the
spread of gr****lands...
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driven by
abrasive silica in gr****,
hypsodonty became common. However,
recent evidence ties the
evolution of
hypsodonty to open,
gritty habitats and not...
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morphology of the
hypsodont tooth is
suited to a more
abrasive diet,
hypsodonty was
thought to have
evolved concurrently with the
spread of gr****lands...
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million years ago,
during the
earliest part of the
Pleistocene epoch.
Hypsodonty, a
dentition pattern where the
molars have high
crowns and the enamel...
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corresponded with
reduced enamel thickness and
increasing tooth height (
hypsodonty).
These changes are
thought to be
adaptations to
increasing ab****n resulting...
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number of lophs/lamellae per tooth, as well as the
tooth crown height (
hypsodonty) is
greater in
later species.
Elephantids chew
using a
proal jaw movement...
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South Africa found that the
teeth were brachyodont, but had a
higher hypsodonty than a giraffe, and that it was best
classified as a
mixed feeder, being...
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Michael J. (2012). "Grit not gr****:
Concordant patterns of
early origin of
hypsodonty in
Great Plains ungulates and Glires". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology...
- grazers,
being distinguished from
earlier P.
recki by
having increased hypsodonty (tooth
crown height) and
enamel folding, with the
plates being thicker...
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December 2012). "Grit not gr****:
Concordant patterns of
early origin of
hypsodonty in
Great Plains ungulates and Glires". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology...