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Protocone and
Hypocone on the
upper molar, and Paraconid, Metaconid,
Protoconid,
Hypoconid and
Entoconid on the
lower molar. This name is used for both...
- are
added to
these names: -id is
added to
cusps on a
lower molar (e.g.,
protoconid); -ule to a
minor cusp (e.g., protoconulid). A shelf-like
ridge left lower...
- the two cusps. A
blunt ridge descends from the
protoconid to the
notch between the
paraconid and
protoconid on the
lingual side,
creating a deep V-shaped...
- well-developed
paraconid and
protoconid, and a
reduced metaconid,
which is only
evidenced as a
bulge on the
lingual side of the
protoconid. The
almost entirely...
- 8 mm × 8.6 mm (0.43 in × 0.34 in). The
premolars are elongated, and the
protoconid (the cusp on the
tongue side) of the
third premolar is
oriented more ch****wards...
- Diamantofelis, it
possesses a
taller m1
protoconid relative to the paraconid, a p4 main
cuspid that is
lower than the m1
protoconid and a
substantially dorsoventrally...
-
cusps forming a triangle: the
paraconid at the
front on the
inner side,
protoconid in the
middle on the
outer (labial) side, and
metaconid at the back on...
- hypoconid.
Notches are
observed between the
protoconid and paraconid, as well as
between the
protoconid and metaconid. A
cingulid surrounds the trigonid...
-
groove called the
reentrant groove. The
apical cusp is the
primitive protoconid. M2 and M3 are
morphologically very similar. M3 is
sitting high on the...
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Unlike the
ursid bears whose fourth premolar has a more well-developed
protoconid, an
adaptation for
shearing flesh, the
fourth premolar of
spectacled bears...
