Selenodont - Wikipedia
WEBSelenodont teeth are the type of molars and premolars commonly found in ruminant herbivores. They are characterized by low crowns, and crescent-shaped cusps when viewed from above (crown view).
The Diversity of Cheek Teeth - ADW
WEBThe resulting teeth are called selenodont. The cheek teeth of deer ( Cervidae ) and cattle ( Bovidae ) are selenodont. Many mammals, including humans, pigs, bears, and raccoons, have roughly quadrate (euthemorphic upper) cheek teeth with low, rounded cusps.
Solenodon - Wikipedia
WEBSolenodons / soʊˈlɛnədɒnz / (from Greek: σωλήν sōlḗn, 'channel' or 'pipe' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús, 'tooth') [3] are venomous, nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals belonging to the family Solenodontidae / soʊˌlɛnəˈdɒntɪdiː /.
Teeth – Morphology of the Vertebrate Skeleton
WEBIn selenodont herbivores, the individual cusps are elongated mesiodistally into crescent-shaped crests called selenes. The folds between the selenes run labiolingually, and the jaw is swung from side to side (mediolaterally).
Teeth 2 - museum2.utep.edu
WEBJan 20, 2008 · Selenodont dentition consists of cusps that are curved and thus appear, when worn, as a series of crescents (the name means "moon tooth", referring to the similarity of the cusp to a new moon). Most of the Artiodactyla, other than the pigs and peccaries, have selenodont dentition.
WEBSelenodont teeth of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). The other type of tooth is bunodont which is characteristic of omnivores such as bears, pigs, and humans (Fig. 25, 26).
Selenodont Definition & Meaning | Merriam-Webster Medical
WEBThe meaning of SELENODONT is of, relating to, characteristic of, or being molar teeth with crescentic ridges on the crown. How to use selenodont in a sentence.
The Palaeontology of Browsing and Grazing | SpringerLink
WEBNov 13, 2019 · These lineages of selenodont artiodactyls were probably all part of the Tylopoda, of which only camels survive today, and became the dominant groups of large herbivorous mammals in North America during the Oligocene. The last condylarths were represented by the small-sized, squirrel-like genus Hyopsodus.
Tetrapod Teeth: Diversity, Evolution, and Function
WEBApr 24, 2019 · Selenodont molars have infoldings that form deep depressions (infundibula) between adjacent buccal and lingual lophs. They are especially well suited to grinding because occlusal surfaces become a series of sharp-edged enamel ridges separated by infundibula and low-lying islands of dentin as individual lophs wear down.
The Teeth of Mammalian Vertebrates | ScienceDirect
WEBTylopoda (camels and llamas) are browsing animals that have only one pair of upper incisors and retain the canines. The posterior premolars are molarized and the molariform teeth are selenodont, with crescentic, longitudinally oriented cusps, which …
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