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bunoselenodont

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bunoselenodont

[¦byü·nō·sə¦lē·nə‚dänt]
(vertebrate zoology)
Of teeth, having the inner cusps in the form of blunt cones and the outer ones as longitudinal crescents.
Having such teeth, as in the extinct titanotheres.
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References in periodicals archive
The studied molars differ from those of Hyemoschus in: weak cingulum semiselenodont (= bunoselenodont) cusps/conids pattern and the orientation of the post- protocristid (Pickford 2002; Morales et al.
New Remains of Tragulids (Mammalia Tragulidae) from the Dhok Pathan Formation of Hasnot (Late Miocene) Pakistan
Tylopoda (oromerycids, camelids, oreodontoids, protoceratids): Ms primitively bunoselenodont, quadrate, each with mesostyle plus bitubercular distal lobe bearing enlarged metaconule as distolingual cusp; ectomesocuneiform (North American origin).
Early evolution, diversification, and geographic distribution of the suborders constituting the mammalian order artiodactyla
Anthracotheriids are a family of extinct suiform, bunoselenodont artiodactyls that range in age from middle Eocene to Miocene and occurred throughout the Old World as well as in North America.
New record of anthracotheriidae (artiodactyla: mammalia) from the middle Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group), Houston County, Texas
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