Definition of Opisthodont. Meaning of Opisthodont. Synonyms of Opisthodont

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- teeth have it perpendicular to the plane, opisthodont incisors have it behind the plane, and hyper-opisthodont teeth have the cutting edge even behind the...
- known from the Late Tri****ic to Late Cretaceous. Like other sphenodonts, opisthodonts had acrodont teeth which grew directly from the bone. They had one row...
- in muroid rodents. The upper incisors are well developed and strongly opisthodont, with the chewing edge located behind the vertical plane of the teeth...
- cutting edge perpendicular to the plane of the toothrow) or slightly opisthodont (with the cutting edge inclined backwards). In contrast, Akodon simulator...
- caudal (tail) vertebrae. The upper incisors have orange enamel and are opisthodont, with the cutting edge of the tooth inclined backwards. The root of the...
- jaw that houses the root of the lower incisor). The upper incisors are opisthodont (with the cutting surface oriented backwards) and have orange to yellow...
- behind the molars. The upper incisors have yellowish enamel and are opisthodont, with the cutting edge inclined backwards. The molars are relatively...
- side of the jaws), as usual in muroid rodents. The upper incisors are opisthodont, with the chewing edge located behind the vertical plane of the teeth...
- incisors have orange enamel at their front surfaces and are slightly opisthodont (with their cutting edge behind the vertical plane of the incisors)....
- Dromomeron, predatory rauisuchid and small crocodylomorph pseudosuchians, the opisthodont sphenodontian Sphenotitan, the australochelyid stem-turtle Waluchelys...