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behind and
outwards from the metacone. May bear one or more
minor cusps.
Mesostyle: A cusp at the
midpoint of the
stylar shelf. Ectoflexus: A
notch at the...
-
groups are
distinguished by the
morphology of
their upper molars, with
mesostyles being at
least moderately developed in
those Palaeotheriinae, but generally...
- hypocone, an
ectoloph selenodont and
linked to
strong styles such as
mesostyle in
basal taxa, and a more or less
developed pseudohypocone. Originally...
-
distinguished from
other anthracothere lineages by
their upper molars having a
mesostyle occupied by a
transverse valley,
selenodont cusps, a
ventrally concave...
-
premolars and
molars are
about half as wide as
their upper counterparts. The
mesostyle cusp (a
small cusp type)
present in the
molars thicken from M1 to M3....
- Clapiès, Malpérié and Perrière (France), in
Upper Ludian strata. The
mesostyle typical of the
genus Leptictidium is not
developed in this species. The...
- P3
evolutionarily shrunk over time, and P4 at
least sometimes lost its
mesostyle cusp and
often lost
hypocone cusp. P4 has a high
talonid cusp but lacks...
- a long face, and
notably small molars. Small,
vestigial mesolophs and
mesostyles are
found on the
upper first and
second molars (a
unique feature within...
- treeshrews. In addition, the
presence of a well-developed but
simple mesostyle (a
small cus****) is distinctive.
Tupaia miocenica was
described in 1997...
- from
other ruminants such as
sharp cutting premolars and loss of the
mesostyle in the molars. In comparison, the only
dental trait the hypertragulids...
