Search Results: Metacone


Cusp (anatomy)
Jumat, 2026-01-30 04:54:45

twenty times in different mammal groups during the Cenozoic period. The metacone is a cusp on the molars of the upper dentition in hominids. It is found...

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Molar (tooth)
Kamis, 2026-06-04 15:23:28

the lingual side of the tooth, while the anterior paracone and posterior metacone are on the buccal side. The protocone of the upper molar and talonid basin...

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Glossary of mammalian dental topography
Minggu, 2026-01-11 12:17:58

/-conids" (upper molar/lower molar) is added to the main cusps: Paracone, Metacone, Protocone and Hypocone on the upper molar, and Paraconid, Metaconid, Protoconid...

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Afroinsectiphilia
Jumat, 2026-04-17 02:53:33

trigonid of similar breadth, a prominent p4 hypoconid, presence of a P4 metacone and absence of parastyles on M1–2. Additional features uniting ptolemaiidans...

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Microbat
Minggu, 2025-05-25 22:37:05

includes a metacone and paracone, which are located at the bottom of the “W”; while the rest of the “W” is formed by crests that run from the metacone and paracone...

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Tapir
Minggu, 2026-05-31 22:48:32

cheek teeth have distinct lophs (ridges) between protocones, paracones, metacones and hypocones. Young tapirs reach sexual maturity between three and five...

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Afrotheria
Kamis, 2026-04-30 08:39:41

trigonid of similar breadth, a prominent p4 hypoconid, presence of a P4 metacone and absence of parastyles on M1–2. Afrotheria is now recognized as one...

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Lumakoala
Senin, 2025-12-01 19:55:17

representing the metacone and metaconule. Two additional cusps, identified as stylar cusps, are present beside the crests running in front of the metacone (premetacrista)...

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? Nycticebus linglom
Selasa, 2026-04-07 02:29:15

cusps—the protocone, paracone, and metacone—are present, connected by a crest. They are low and rounded. The metacone, located at the back of the tooth...

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Marsupial mole
Kamis, 2026-03-12 00:30:30

fossil record demonstrates that the primary cusp of the molars is the metacone, distinct from the paracone characteristic of zalambdodont tenrecs, golden...

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Bachitherium
Jumat, 2026-02-27 14:04:27

upper molars of the Bachitheriidae do not possess any aligned paracone and metacone. Some more recently described dental autapomorphies of the Bachitheriidae...

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Choeropotamus
Minggu, 2026-05-24 12:23:11

consisting of a single tubercle (or cusp), and lacks a protocone cusp. P4 has a metacone cusp on the short postprotocrista ridge. P1 is caniniform and is separated...

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Invictokoala
Minggu, 2026-01-18 20:16:03

the metacone and metaconule. In the second molar, the paracone and metacone are roughly the same height, followed by the protocone and metacone. On the...

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Palaeoxonodon
Senin, 2026-04-06 10:44:35

placed buccal to the midline of the crown, well-developed upper molar metacone and wing-like parastylar region. Compared to its closest relatives, Palaeoxonodon...

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Pantodonta
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 21:45:57

typically be distinguished from the American because their paracone and metacone (bottom of W on side of tongue) tend to be closer together. The cheek teeth...

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Homo naledi
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 18:02:40

has a high frequency of individuals who present main cusps, namely the metacone (midline on the tongue-side) and hypocone (to the right on the lip-side)...

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Pseudonotictis
Kamis, 2026-05-14 07:33:49

in P. pusillus. Also, the height differential between the paracone and metacone is greater in P. chubutensis than P. pusillus. "Pseudonotictis". Paleobiology...

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Malfelis
Selasa, 2026-01-20 10:28:02

and slightly arched metacone blade, a small parastyle, and no preglenoid crest or ridge. It forms a shearing edge from the metacone to the back of the...

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Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis
Jumat, 2021-03-05 16:12:39

hypocone on the labial side, which is isolated from the metacone lingually behind it. The metacone is broadly connected to another labial cusp behind it...

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Catodontherium
Jumat, 2026-05-29 07:39:52

are trapezoidal in outline, with the labial sides of their paracone and metacone cusps being slightly ridged. The molars are very brachydont while the last...

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White-bellied spider monkey
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 21:41:22

crest. The third premolar has three cusps, paracone, metacone, and protocone, with the metacone and protocone connected by a crista oblique. There is...

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Tyarrpecinus
Minggu, 2025-10-05 04:19:19

first molar is narrow and elongated. The crest between the paracone and metacone cusps, known as a centrocrista, on the first molar is straight. An indentation...

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Rajouria
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 04:22:42

The protocone is the largest cusp, followed by the paracone and then the metacone. The second molar is similar in looks to the first molar, although it is...

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Sparassodonta
Kamis, 2026-05-14 07:29:29

and fused to the metacone (distal, towards the back of the mouth), inflating the postmetacrista (the lingual border of the metacone); and they almost...

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Dermotherium
Selasa, 2026-05-19 01:02:25

the paracone and metacone. The living colugos lack these protoconules. The enamel is wrinkled on the flanks of the paracone and metacone and, in the Thai...

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London Underground C69 and C77 Stock
Rabu, 2026-05-27 14:20:50

operate on the Wimbledon line. Equipment as built included load sensing "Metacone" air suspension, rheostatic braking, hydraulic parking brake, pneumatic...

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Brontotheriidae
Rabu, 2026-06-03 23:47:06

shearing blade), which connected the two main cusps there (paracone and metacone). The two lingual main cusps (protocone and hypocone) stood isolated from...

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Ambulocetus
Senin, 2026-05-25 02:48:01

placental mammals, meaning they had a large protocone, distinct paracone and metacone, and no accessory cusps. Later archaeocetes developed accessory cusps....

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Kharodacetus
Kamis, 2024-11-07 00:20:02

robust. The molars have a large protocone (unlike Babiacetus) and a large metacone (unlike Maiacetus), and are, relative to P4, longer than in other protocetids...

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Oldfieldthomasia
Sabtu, 2025-04-19 19:21:20

had a mesostyle, while the premolars were triangular, with a fold on the metacone. The genus Oldfieldthomasia was first described in 1901 by Florentino Ameghino...

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Amphicyon
Rabu, 2026-05-13 08:06:22

paracone, that is very large and high paracone in comparison with its metacone, on its elongated M1. A. eibiswaldensis is generally considered to be a...

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Theriodictis
Senin, 2026-06-01 10:57:18

smaller compared to the M1/m1. The M2 has a reduced metacone, with the m1 being without a metacone and possessing a small entocone. The P4 is also medially...

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Khirtharia
Minggu, 2026-05-24 21:55:26

also more bunodont and the hypoconid is the largest cusp (in K. dayi the metacone is the largest cusp). The lower molars are also longer than in K. dayi...

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Kunmunella
Senin, 2026-03-02 12:23:51

smaller metacone by an enamel ridge. The protocone is large and in the forward part of the molars while the hypocone, connected to the metacone by a ridge...

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Holoclemensia
Minggu, 2024-12-22 10:49:18

a few isolated teeth. The upper molars had a paracone larger than the metacone, and a stylar platform with stylar cusps. The lower molars had a high protoconid...

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Canis etruscus
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 08:28:51

(in comparison with C. arnensis); M1 with paracone more elevated than metacone; labial basin of M1 as deep as but larger than the lingual one; M1 and...

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Cokotherium
Minggu, 2025-06-01 15:35:46

protuberances or ridges beyond the three main cusps (protocone, paracone, and metacone). Likewise, the lower molars have a stout trigonid region (with three cusps:...

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Index of oral health and dental articles
Senin, 2025-08-11 03:28:53

Median palatal cyst  •  Melbourne Faculty of Dentistry  •  Mentadent  •  Metacone  •  Metastatic tumor of jaws  •  Meth mouth  •  MFDS  •  Michael Krop  • ...

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Ambondro mahabo
Minggu, 2025-07-27 05:21:31

are connected by a cutting edge which is suggestive of the presence of a metacone cusp on the upper molars. Further towards the inner side, a crest, the...

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Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri
Jumat, 2026-04-10 03:51:00

protostyle on the first upper molar. The buccal cusps (i.e., the paracone and metacone) of the first molar are tall and acutely pointed, while the lingual cusps...

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Amynodon
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 21:20:51

one dental feature, that the hypocone on P3 and P4 is anterior to the metacone. The authors proposed that A. reedi was not a species of Amynodon and should...

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Lophiodon
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 20:28:38

namely the close proximity of the paracone and metacone cusps in P3, slight lingual tilt of the metacone in the upper molar, slight buccal tilt of the...

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Schowalteria
Minggu, 2025-10-05 04:36:23

completely flat, and the wear facet completely encompasses the paracone and metacone, leaving only an outline of the buccal side of the bases of these cusps...

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African striped weasel
Rabu, 2025-12-17 03:39:39

the first molar (namely the absence of a metaconid and the fusion of the metacone and paracone). Like other mustelids, the limbs of an African striped weasel...

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Microsyops
Rabu, 2026-05-20 06:34:19

Microsyops is double-rooted. The upper fourth premolar has a distinct metacone and a weak parastyle. Upper molars exhibit clear conules, in particular...

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Tinodon
Rabu, 2026-05-27 05:51:12

far the largest and highest, twice as high as the next highest cusp, the metacone (middle cusp). This, along with its shape, which is curved on one side...

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Saloumia
Jumat, 2025-02-07 17:24:01

other, and a side cusp formed a paraconule. The rear pair of cusps (the metacone and hypocone) are damaged, but the hypocone was originally relatively central...

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Alcidedorbignya
Jumat, 2026-05-01 23:59:52

characteristics makes it unique among pantodonts. On the molars, the paracone and metacone are separated and not connate as in Bemalambda and Harpyodus. As in these...

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Ichthyolestes
Selasa, 2026-02-24 03:13:48

molar has pointed cusps with a high narrow paracone and a lower connate metacone behind it. The molars are also relatively labio-lingually compressed with...

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Agathaeromys
Jumat, 2025-09-05 03:24:46

metacone (labial)—and a prominent crest, the posteroloph, issues from the hypocone and is located behind the metacone. In A. donovani, the metacone is...

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Peradectes
Rabu, 2026-05-06 07:25:08

teeth. Peradectes upper molars are distinctive, noted to have a larger metacone than protocone, a buccally oriented stylar shelf with cusp B as the largest...

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Delotrochanter
Sabtu, 2025-05-24 04:04:22

species of Temnocyon, and is formed by the lingual faces of the paracone and metacone. A flat crushing platform, which is surrounded by a much thickened lingual...

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Kerberos langebadreae
Kamis, 2026-01-08 04:02:25

and towards the back protocone, and a long metastyle; the paracone and metacone were fused into a single amphicone. The second was quite similar to the...

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Sectisodon
Selasa, 2025-07-29 04:57:25

of small dimensions, M1 and M2 of similar length. M2 with paracone and metacone fused together, tall and pointed. Protocone very reduced, flattened and...

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Dolichostylodon
Sabtu, 2025-04-19 19:21:19

metaloph. The upper molars had a very prominent parastyle and metastyle. The metacone column was wider than in Colbertia, and the mesiolabial dimple was not...

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Donodontidae
Selasa, 2026-03-31 10:47:37

tooth) and metacrista (at the distal/rear rim). A small rear cusp, the metacone, develops midway down the metacrista. Another cusp at the front of the...

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Didymoconidae
Minggu, 2026-05-10 02:41:40

A large amount of the grooves of the molars such as the paracone and metacone of the upper molars and the protoconid and metaconid of the lower molars...

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Falcatodon
Jumat, 2024-11-29 02:49:39

morphology of the upper molars, with more advanced fusion of the paracone-metacone with, nevertheless, a groove separating the cusps visible in the M1. Lower...

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Wainka
Senin, 2024-08-05 02:48:53

triangular in shape, elongated, and possessed a rather massive paracone and metacone, more developed than other contemporary South American ungulates such as...

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Plagiolophus (mammal)
Selasa, 2026-06-02 08:58:18

premolar, when present, appears to be small, elongated, and narrow. The metacone cusp of P3 evolutionarily shrunk over time, and P4 at least sometimes lost...

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Proectocion
Sabtu, 2025-09-20 03:42:02

entirely different from those of Didolodontidae; the paracone and the metacone were well separated, and a small mesostyle was present. The third molard...

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Giant mouse lemur
Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:15:13

upper molars (M1–2) have a more anterior hypocone that sits opposite the metacone, compared to the mouse lemurs' more posterior hypocone, which is presumably...

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Ignacius
Senin, 2026-05-25 13:53:02

possess strong crests in a distinct 'v' shape between the paracone and metacone. Ignacius frugivorus was the first species of Ignacius to be described...

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Colbertia
Jumat, 2025-12-12 07:33:04

called lophs, and are therefore considered lophodont. The paracone and the metacone had notable folds. The ankle bones of Colbertia indicates that it was a...

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Synaphodus
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 03:42:16

along with a hypocone cusp. Within the six-cusped molars, the paracone, metacone, protocone, and metaconule cusps are the major types present while the...

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Robiatherium
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 16:03:53

also lacks postparaconule ridges. The labial sides of the paracone and metacone cusps of the upper molars are concave and lack ridges, the labial sides...

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Siamoperadectes
Jumat, 2024-09-13 16:43:24

anteroposteriorly compressed protocone; - a posterior cingulum at the base of the metacone. The molar is quite small, and in life would probably have belonged to...

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Afrasia djijidae
Senin, 2026-05-18 00:43:21

stylar shelf, the outer area of the tooth, is broad, particularly at the metacone cusp. However, the shelf is better developed near the paracone cusp in...

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Indraloris
Jumat, 2025-08-29 23:56:14

is protocone; among the other two cusps, the paracone is higher but the metacone larger. There is a spur at the back of the protocone, suggesting a rudimentary...

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Namibiocyon
Minggu, 2025-09-28 01:47:38

anterior crest, that is interrupted by an incision at mid-height. M1's metacone possesses a strong external cingulum at its base, which weakens at the...

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Galerix kostakii
Selasa, 2021-09-21 08:07:03

molars are narrower, the first lower premolar (p4) is smaller, and the metacone cusp on M2 has a straight anterior arm. Furthermore, Galerix kostakii lacks...

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Metriotherium
Senin, 2025-09-29 12:57:14

along with a hypocone cusp. Within the six-cusped molars, the paracone, metacone, protocone, and metaconule cusps are the major types present while the...

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Adianthidae
Jumat, 2026-01-30 05:35:31

with ridges, and the upper molars were provided with crescent-shaped metacones and paracones, with a columnar parastyle and a very reduced or absent...

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Bemalambdidae
Rabu, 2026-06-03 21:16:44

zalambdodont (V-shaped crests) and transversely elongated with the paracone and metacone (cusp) appressed or connated. On p3-M3, there is a large buccal platform...

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Dichobune
Rabu, 2026-05-27 06:47:18

along with a hypocone cusp. Within the six-cusped molars, the paracone, metacone, protocone, and metaconule cusps are the major types present while the...

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Pterodon (mammal)
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 22:14:15

dentition as having high and secant-shaped paraconid cusps and cone-shaped metacone and paracone cusps on the M1-M2 molars, a weak to absent P3 lingual cingulum...

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Ultrapithecus
Jumat, 2025-10-03 00:06:10

molars were devoid of mesostyle, while the premolars lacked the fold of the metacone. The genus Ultrapithecus was first described in 1901 by Florentino Ameghino...

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Haqueina
Senin, 2026-05-25 09:51:06

parastyle is large. The upper molars have four large cusps: the paracone, metacone, protocone, and metaconule. Instead of a large hypocone, there is an enlarged...

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Cleopatrodon
Selasa, 2025-04-01 02:31:54

very large and have small protocones, very large paracones and large metacones. Unlike the similar genus Ptolemaia, the premolars 3 and 4 do not possess...

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Muribacinus
Senin, 2026-06-01 11:48:04

molars differ from those of other thylacinids in that the paracones and metacones are more separated, the protocones are larger and the stylar shelf is...

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Carletonomys
Senin, 2026-05-04 07:39:38

and the metacone, are connected at the back margin of the molar. Unlike in most oryzomyines, no posteroflexus is present, so that the metacone is situated...

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Gobicyon
Jumat, 2026-04-10 01:28:42

on its central premolars, the weaker angle between the P4 paracone and metacone and the reduction of metaconid and entoconid on its nearly sagittally symmetrical...

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Apeomyoides
Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:32:49

characterized by four major cusps (protocone, paracone, hypocone, and metacone) and lophs or crests (protoloph, mesoloph, metaloph, and posteroloph),...

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Navajovius
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 09:49:02

than both the second and fourth premolar. The fourth premolar lacks a metacone and the paraconid is weak. The lower molars have distinct, reduced paraconids...

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Dacrytherium
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 16:04:17

a prominent parastyle cusp, the labial sides of the paracone cusp and metacone cusp slightly ridged, and mesostyle cusps are loop-shaped. The lower molars...

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Adapis
Jumat, 2026-06-05 05:21:16

mesostyle cusps on them. In them, the crest between the protocone and metacone cusps are weak to absent. In Adapis, the incisors are broad, nearly vertically...

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Tupaia miocenica
Minggu, 2023-05-21 20:49:21

reaches the paracone on the front labial side and another approaches the metacone to the back of the tooth. A smaller cusp, a hypocone, is on the back lingual...

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Anatomy of Palaeotherium
Minggu, 2026-05-24 12:17:31

species have triangular dP1 that contain two buccal cusps (paracone and metacone cusps) and a smaller posterolingual cusp. Stehlin theorized that the dP1...

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