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paracone

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paracone [′parĀ·ə‚kōn]
(vertebrate zoology)
The anterior cusp of a primitive tricuspid upper molar.
The principal anterior, external cusp of an upper molar in higher forms.


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The paracone and metacone are subequal in size with metacone positioned slightly toward the midline (linguad).
In the second case, the holes could have been made by the paracone of the upper carnassials or by the protoconid of the lower carnassials of a large carnivore with strong jaws and very pointed carnassials.
 
 
 
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