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stylar shelf. Ectoflexus: A
notch at the
midpoint of the
stylar shelf.
Paraconule / Protoconule: A
minor cusp on the
front edge of the tooth,
between the...
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between the
larger cusps. They are
named after their locations, e.g. a
paraconule is
located between a
paracone and a metacone, a
hypoconulid is located...
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weaker parastyle, the
metastyle is high and well-marked. The
similar sized paraconule and
metaconule both back onto a dune-shaped protocone. Its
trigon possesses...
- the two
cusps were
connected to each other, and a side cusp
formed a
paraconule. The rear pair of
cusps (the
metacone and hypocone) are damaged, but the...
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greatly expanded preprotocrista and
postprotocrista as well as
enlarged paraconule and metaconule,
whereas the
lingual cingulum is shortened. The
first lower...
- crescent-shaped cusps,
although H.
egerkingensis has an
additional small paraconule cusp. They also have W-shaped
ectolophs (crests or
ridges of
upper molar...
- the
Dacrytheriinae by the
molariform premolars with crescent-shaped
paraconules and the
lower molars that lack a
third cusp
between the
metaconid and...
- other. P4 is
triangular in
outline and
molariform in
shape but
lacks the
paraconule cusp. The
upper molars are both
brachyodont (low-crowned) and bunoselodont...
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smaller cusps, the
paraconule and metaconule, are
present on the
lingual sides of the
paracone and metacone, but on the M1 the
paraconule is
missing and the...
- the
Dacrytheriinae by the
molariform premolars with crescent-shaped
paraconules and the
lower molars that lack a
third cusp
between the
metaconid and...
