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Selenodont teeth are the type of
molars and
premolars commonly found in
ruminant herbivores. They are
characterized by low crowns, and crescent-shaped...
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elephant belongs to a
genus called Loxodonta because of this feature. In
selenodont molars (so-named
after moon
goddess Selene), the
major cusp is elongated...
- non-ruminants (Porcine). All
other even-toed
ungulates have
molars with a
selenodont construction (crescent-shaped cusps) and have the
ability to ruminate...
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hyracoids by its
lophoselenodont teeth (having
teeth that are
lophodont and
selenodont,
fully molariform premolars, and
relatively high-crowned ch**** teeth....
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provides a
surface to grip gr****es and foliage. They are
hypsodont and
selenodont,
since the
molars and
premolars are low-crowned and crescent-shaped cusps...
- long
diastema is seen
between the
front and ch**** teeth. The
latter are
selenodont,
adapted for
grinding up
tough plant matter. Like most
other ruminants...
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strongly elongated limbs of camels. Like
other tylopods,
oromerycids had
selenodont teeth and
gracile limbs. In fact,
oromerycids show only a few specializations...
- for
shearing meat. In contrast, the ch****
teeth of deer and
cattle are
selenodont.
Viewed from the side,
these teeth have a
series of
triangular cusps or...
- incisors,
robust but
premolariform canines, and low-crowned plus bunodont-
selenodont upper molars. Comparatively, its
postcranial skeleton is
almost unknown...
- by a
mandibular retromolar fossa, the
absence of hypocone, an
ectoloph selenodont and
linked to
strong styles such as
mesostyle in
basal taxa, and a more...