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parastyle

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parastyle [′parĀ·ə‚stīl]
(vertebrate zoology)
A small cusp anterior to the paracone of an upper molar.


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Differs from all other Heptacodon (where known) in its smaller size and in having a moderately-developed mesiobuccal cingulum on the upper molar parastyle and relatively greater buccal projection of parastyle.
The Iron Bridge cranium shares the following dental traits with the holotype: hypsodonty, lack of cingula, prominent parastyles and mesostyles on the molars with an especially strong mesostyle on M3/, and a progressive increase in tooth size from P2/ to M3/.
The preprotocrista is continuous with a precingulum extending to the parastyle.
 
 
 
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