- cusps: Paracone, Metacone,
Protocone and
Hypocone on the
upper molar, and
Paraconid, Metaconid, Protoconid,
Hypoconid and
Entoconid on the
lower molar. This...
-
combination of Gr**** lonch,
meaning spear and
referencing the spear-like
paraconid on its
lower carn****ial, and cyon,
meaning dog. The
specific name honours...
-
primate history,
while the cusp of the
corresponding primitive lower molar (
paraconid) was lost.
Prosimians are
distinguished by
their immobilized upper lips...
- is on the buccal/labial (ch****) side of the tooth,
while the
anterior paraconid and
posterior metaconid are on the
lingual (tongue) side.
Upper molars...
-
major cusps. The
protoconid cusp
forms the
labial tip (ch**** side), and a
paraconid and
metaconid (at the mesial/front and distal/rear, respectively) lie...
-
slightly overlapping. The m1
possesses a very tall protoconid, but a
small paraconid. No
metaconid is identifiable. Its
talonid basin is low, narrow, flat...
-
molars in the
halves of each jaw, each
upper canine having two roots, the
paraconid on the last
lower premolar is pronounced, the
talonid region of the lower...
-
consists of the trigonid, a
group of
three cusps forming a triangle: the
paraconid at the
front on the
inner side,
protoconid in the
middle on the outer...
-
buccolingually wide trigonid, high
protoconid and
lower paraconid. The
metaconid is
smaller than the
paraconid, and is well expressed. The
largest talonid cusp...
- at the
Messel pit.
Mathis remarks the
exceptional development of the
paraconid (or
mesiobucal cusp) of the
lower P4 premolar. Its
premolars and molars...
