Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth. In particular, it is the characteristic arrangement, type, and number...

dentition refers to teeth that naturally grow on the bones of the roof of the mouth in some fish and tetrapods (as opposed to the "marginal dentition"...

Thecodont dentition is a morphological arrangement in which the base of the tooth is completely enclosed in a deep socket of bone, as seen in crocodilians...

transition time with both primary (or deciduous dentition) teeth and permanent teeth during the mixed dentition period until the last primary tooth is lost...

Dentition analyses are systems of tooth and jaw measurement used in orthodontics to understand arch space and predict any malocclusion (mal-alignment...

the primary (deciduous) dentition. These teeth will continue to form until they erupt in the mouth. In the primary dentition, there are a total of twenty...

Permanent teeth (adult) were numbered 1 to 8, and the child primary dentition (also called deciduous, milk or baby teeth) were depicted with a quadrant...

and/or exhibit considerable size variation within the tooth row. Human dentition is heterodont and diphyodont as an example. Members of the Synapsida (including...

the Human Dentition Archived 2015-10-30 at the Wayback Machine". uic.edu. Cate 1998, p. 198 "Severe Plane-Form Enamel Hypoplasia in a Dentition from Roman...

their moderate to large size, their massive, well-developed skulls and dentition, long legs, and comparatively short ears and tails. The genus Canis (Carl...

primary dentition. However, pathological root resorption occurs in the permanent or secondary dentition and sometimes in the primary dentition. While resorption...

PMID 23737593. If the erupted tooth is diagnosed as a tooth of the normal dentition, each of the other situations mentioned above should be considered. It...

Primary dentition upper right upper left A B C D E F G H I J T S R Q P O N M L K lower right lower left Alternate system for primary dentition upper right...

in the mouth until a person is about 6 years old, creating the primary dentition stage. At that time, the first permanent tooth erupts and begins a period...

teeth) and from the incisors (I) by short ones in both the upper and lower dentition. The other teeth are paired closely with each other in both the upper...

genus name means "otter tooth" in Ancient Greek and is a reference to its dentition rather than to the Enhydra genus, which includes the modern sea otter...

they can quickly move smaller prey into position. The opisthoglyphous dentition appears at least two times in the history of snakes. The venom of some...

a pattern of dentition characterized by with high crowns, providing extra material for wear. Examples of animals with hypsodont dentition are cattle, horses...

Namatherium is a genus of basal arsinoitheriid embrithopod from Eocene Namibia. Namatherium is only known from cranial remains, but the genus was likely...

canines, premolars, or molars), and differ between primary dentition and permanent dentition. The crown also contributes to facial aesthetics, speech,...

boreosphenidans); this idea still has some critics. For example, the dentition of the Early Cretaceous monotreme Steropodon is similar to those of Peramus...

9% of the traumas affecting permanent dentition. In most cases of intrusion with fully erupted permanent dentition, diagnosis can be made by comparing incisal...

currently being used to study the diphyodont replacement of the deciduous dentition by replacements and additional permanent teeth. Manatees, elephants and...

Moyer's mixed dentition analysis was created in 1971 by Robert Moyers . This is an analysis used in dentistry to predict the size of the permanent premolars...

Tanaka and Johnston analysis is a mixed dentition analysis which allows one to estimate the space available in an arch for the permanent teeth to erupt...

but heavier and with a more robust skull and dentition. The unique adaptation of the skull and dentition of the Beringian wolf allowed it to produce relatively...

Orthodontics Diagnosis Bolton analysis Cephalometric analysis Cephalometry Dentition analysis Failure of eruption of teeth Little's irregularity index Malocclusion...

The Patagonian opossum (Lestodelphys halli) is the sole species in genus Lestodelphys. The Patagonian opossum occurs further south, in Argentina, than...

Möbius syndrome or Moebius syndrome is a rare congenital neurological disorder which is characterized by facial paralysis and the inability to move the...

Coelognathus helena monticollaris is subspecies of nonvenomous constricting snake in the family Colubridae. The subspecies is native to the Western ghats...

and functional and comparative anatomist. He was an expert on mammalian dentition, and a contributor to theories of evolution. He presented his ideas to...

Otodus angustidens is an extinct species of prehistoric megatoothed sharks in the genus Otodus, which lived during the Late Eocene and Miocene epochs about...

tooth positions. Adult teeth were numbered 1 to 8, and the child primary dentition (also called deciduous, milk or baby teeth) were depicted with a quadrant...

Ahdeskatanka is an extinct genus of alligator from the Early Eocene Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, US. Ahdeskatanka had a short, rounded snout...

pigs and peccaries, the dentition and limb morphology suggests the sanitheres were more carnivorous and cursorial. The dentition in particular is similar...

The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many...

many fossils have been uncovered such as isolated teeth, fragments of dentition, calcified vertebral centra, denticles, and associated fragments of calcified...

Iranotherium ("Beast of Iran") is an extinct genus of large elasmotheriine rhinocerotids, comparable in size to a modern white rhino. It is known from...

(132 lb) and A. d. dirus was on average 68 kg (150 lb). Its skull and dentition matched those of C. lupus, but its teeth were larger with greater shearing...

Moghreberia is an extinct genus of dicynodont predicted to have lived only in the mid-Triassic, primarily during the early middle Carnian and found only...

Pantodonta is an extinct order (or, according to some, an suborder) of eutherian mammals. These herbivorous mammals were one of the first groups of large...

Nanotyrannus (/ˈnænoʊˌtaɪˌrænəs, -tɪ- /, NAN-o-ti-RAN-us) is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaur that lived in what is now western North America during...

in zoology at the University of Cape Town but with a dissertation "The Dentition of the Australopithecinae", published 1956 and arguably his most important...

Lanzhousaurus (meaning "Lanzhou lizard") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Gansu region of what is now China during the Early Cretaceous...

condition in which such changes in ambient pressure cause damage to the dentition. The most common subjects are underwater divers because in deep dives...

a slower rate than the modern great white shark. Only one associated dentition of C. hubbelli is known (UF 226255), with a total of 222 teeth (and 45...

Simbakubwa ("great lion" in Swahili) is an extinct genus of hyaenodonts belonging to the family Hyainailouridae that lived in Kenya during the Early Miocene...

eagle and cow-nose rays. They feed on molluscs and have dentitions adapted to crushing. Dentitions of durophagous myliobatids show several specializations...

Procercocebus is an extinct genus of papionine cercopithecid from Pliocene and Pleistocene South Africa. Procercocebus is considered part of a monophyletic...

Platybelodon (possibly "shovel tooth", or "flat tusk") is an extinct genus of amebelodontid proboscidean mammal, distantly related to modern-day elephants...

overlap. The exact dentition of Cretalamna is uncertain due to poor fossil representation. Traditionally, most reconstructions of its dentition were constructed...

lower dentition known only by the last two molars. The third molar is labio-lingualy compressed, similar to the second premolar of the upper dentition. The...

or selenodont dentitions. Whereas Eocene species had brachyodont, or low-crowned, to slightly hypsodont (higher-crowned) dentitions, Oligocene species...

Thoatherium (meaning "active swift-beast") is an extinct genus of litoptern mammals from the Early Miocene of Argentina. Fossils of the genus have been...

eyes and ears, are likely a result of its lifestyle, and its unusual dentition is likely an adaptation for feeding on water plants. The type species...

pterosaurs. The Latin atrox means "frightful", a reference to the fearsome dentition of the species. The holotype of Cearadactylus is MN 7019-V (formerly CB-PV-F-O93)...

Geosaurus have ziphodont dentition with teeth that are laterally compressed, Torvoneustes is unique in having a false-ziphodont dentition. The common ancestor...

other marsupials by a unique combination of anatomical features of the dentition. Keeunamorphians include some of the oldest marsupials known in Australia...

Kinesuchus (meaning "one crocodile") is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina...

hooves, thought to have been used for grasping vegetation, with their dentition being adapted for browsing. The family is known from the Oligocene to...

France. From mainland Europe, only lower dentition was known, whereas from Corsica and Sardinia only upper dentition was known. When a Cyrnaonyx antiqua fossil...

The maxillary central incisor is a human tooth in the front upper jaw, or maxilla, and is usually the most visible of all teeth in the mouth. It is located...

which possess long toothless stretches at the end of the maxilla. The dentition of the premaxillae and maxillae oppose that of the dentaries, which count...

Thierry; Rana, Rajendra Singh; Orliac, Maeva (2024). "The cranium and dentition of Khirtharia (Artiodactyla, Raoellidae): new data on a stem taxon to...

Plesiosaurus (Greek: πλησίος (plesios), near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during...

who more recently supported excavations at Harley's Point. Postcanine dentition of P. unio is documented by 13 dentulous, fragmentary mandibles, a fragmentary...

and paleontological datasets to study nonhuman primate dentition compared with human dentition. In order to understand the underlying genetic mechanisms...

extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws...

by isolated teeth and vertebral centra, though a couple of associated dentitions and vertebral columns have been found. Prior to 2017, Cretodus was mainly...

Plesiopleurodon (/ˌpliːsiəˈplʊərədɒn/; Greek: plesios, meaning "near to", pleuro, meaning "side", and don, meaning "tooth") is an extinct genus of Mesozoic...

Malfelis is an extinct genus of carnivorous placental mammals from the extinct subfamily Oxyaeninae, within the extinct family Oxyaenidae. It is from western...

Georgiacetus is an extinct genus of ancient whale known from the Eocene period of the United States. Fossils are known from Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi...

Procavia antiqua is an extinct species of hyrax that lived in South Africa during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene epochs, about 3.03 million–960...

Tragoportax is an extinct genus of bovid ungulate. It lived from the upper Miocene to the earliest Pliocene, and its fossils have been found in southeastern...

other tremarctines, the features of the dentition can be quite variable, particularly the M2 molar. Dentition can be a poor indicator of size in A. simus...

them. Like in the upper dentition, there was no diastema between the lower incisors and canines. Also similar to the upper dentition, there was a diastema...

is the extant Urocyon; together, the two genera form a clade based on dentition. These same dental characteristics are shared by Otocyon and Protocyon...

and is identifiable as a hyaenid by the structure of the middle ear and dentition. The lineage of Plioviverrops prospered and gave rise to descendants with...

of canines, three pairs of premolars, and three pairs of molars. The dentition of Amynodon is similar to primitive rhinocerotoids such as Heptodon and...

LP12. This means that Cardabiodon had mainly four types of teeth in its dentition ordered from front to back- symphysial, anteriors, intermediates, and...

consul Charles Étienne Coquebert de Montbret. Cuvier mentioned that the dentition of the first described species of the locality, large in size, closely...

vary as a result of this. The diverse diets of microbats reflect having dentition, or cheek teeth, that display a morphology derived from dilambdodont teeth...

The dentition of a Greenland shark...

Miocene-Pliocene as borophagines became extinct.[citation needed] Examination of dentition shows that post-carnassial molar volume expands with hypocarnivores while...

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. The genus is characterized by a unique hybrid dentition and pectoral fin morphology that allowed the shift from undulatory (undulating...

Trigodon is an extinct genus of the family Toxodontidae, a large-bodied notoungulate which inhabited South America during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene...

Nasamplus (lit. 'large nose') is an extinct genus of horned brontothere that lived in East Asia during the Late Eocene, in the Ulangochuian land mammal...

Nyctalus species known to capture small passerine birds in flight. The dentition of the family varies between species; the dental formula of the family...

therians. The teeth of xenarthrans differ from all other mammals. The dentition of most species is either significantly reduced and highly modified, or...

Tricuspes is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived in what would be Europe during the Triassic from 203.6 to 199.6 mya, existing for approximately 4...

The black swallower (Chiasmodon niger) is a species of deep sea fish in the family Chiasmodontidae. It is known for its ability to swallow fish larger...

Springer Nature Link. Uhen 2004, pp. 23–29 (upper dentition) Uhen 2004, pp. 29–34 (lower dentition) "Evolution World Tour: Wadi Hitan, Egypt". Agassiz...

Mapusaurus (lit. 'earth lizard') is a genus of giant carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived in Argentina during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous...

Horse teeth refers to the dentition of equine species, including horses and donkeys. Equines are both heterodontous and diphyodontous, which means that...

analysis of the skeleton in 1894. In the paper, he reconstructed the dentition based on the skeleton's disarticulated tooth set. Using the reconstruction...

are only found in the adult dentition and typically erupt at the age of 10–11, replacing the first molars in primary dentition. The maxillary first premolar...

(prognathism). An anterior crossbite in a child with baby teeth or mixed dentition may happen due to either dental misalignment or skeletal misalignment...

but subtle differences between sexes in the morphology of the skull, dentition, long bones, and pelvis exist. In general, female skeletal elements tend...

Greek ψάμμος (sand) and πέρκη (perch), though this refers to the fish’s dentition, not to a sandy habitat preference. Richardson described the teeth as...

development towards more hypocarnivorous dentition as opposed to most hyaenids which evolved to have hypercarnivorous dentition. As P. orbignyi had especially reduced...

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the most posterior of the three molars in each quadrant of the human dentition. The age at which wisdom teeth come through (erupt) is variable, but this...

Skorpiovenator ("scorpion hunter") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. The sole...

initially and then develop baleen plate germs in utero, but lose their dentition and have only baleen during their juvenile years and adulthood. However...

Overbite is the extent of vertical (superior-inferior) overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors, measured relative...

Paucidentomys is a genus of rodents of a type commonly known as shrew-rats which was discovered in 2012 in a remote rainforest on the Indonesian island...

premaxillae and a zigzag tooth row; the rest of its body is unknown. This dentition is reminiscent of both the double-row seen in pacus, and the single row...

investigations of Tutankhamun's skull revealed an excellent condition of his dentition in comparison to other ancient Egyptian mummies. He had large front incisors...

Tyrannosauridae (or tyrannosaurids, meaning "tyrant lizards") is a family of coelurosaurian dinosaurs that comprises two subfamilies containing up to fifteen...

Ancestrally in tetrapods, the roof of the mouth has patches of teeth (palatal dentition). These teeth are retained in living lepidosaurian reptiles and modern...

in 2021. Kyhytysuka was a mid-sized ophthalmosaurian with heterodont dentition and several adaptations suggesting that it was a macropredatory vertebrate...

Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Labidiosuchus had a very bizarre dentition and its lower jaw had a Y-shaped outline. Labidiosuchus is known only...

Sissokosuchus is an extinct genus of itasuchid notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous Continental intercalaire of Mali. Like other itasuchids, Sissokosuchus...

and similarities in dentition among individuals. Other factors include poor photography, impressions, or measurement of dentition characteristics. Most...

Igdamanosaurus, meaning "lizard from Igdaman", is an extinct genus of Cretaceous marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It is classified as part...

squamate reptiles have pleurodont dentition, though some snakes are occasionally described as having acrodont dentition. Acrodont tooth implantation is...

sometimes missing. There are two maxillary lateral incisors in the deciduous dentition. The teeth have a more curved distoincisal angle than the primary maxillary...

characteristic it does not share with its name-sake Labidosaurus hamatus whose dentition resembles more basal, mainly single-tooth-rowed forms. The first fossils...

like colour and karyotype, dentition can be studied, as it fossilises well and varies from species to species. Studying dentition can be very beneficial in...

contrast to the jaw, Pachyophis teeth clearly resemble that of snakes. Their dentition show thecodont nature, their teeth fitted into bowl like alveoli lined...

Styracosaurus (/stɪˌrækəˈsɔːrəs/ sti-RAK-ə-SOR-əs; meaning "spiked lizard" from the Ancient Greek styrax/στύραξ "spike at the butt-end of a spear-shaft"...

Walshina Temporal range: 46.2–42.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Dentition of Walshina esmaraldensis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:...

Mesosuchus ("middle crocodile") is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South...

terrestrial and scansorial locomotion. Its most notable feature is its unique dentition, with its massive premolars and hypocarnivorous molars, as well as its...

of origin. Based on connections between musculoskeletal morphology and dentition, diet has been proposed as a main driver of the evolution of the pharyngeal...

Progalesaurus is an extinct genus of galesaurid cynodont from the early Triassic. Progalesaurus is known from a single fossil of the species Progalesaurus...

predators, also extinct, that exhibited many similar characteristics of dentition. A review published in 1982 compared the skeletal structure of these groups...

Canidae in particular correlates with various diagnostic features of the dentition and basicranium. Regarding Vulpini, Tedford has remarked: These small...

Manatees (/ˈmænətiːz/, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows....

Europe. Palaeotherium may have lived in herds and, as demonstrated by its dentition, was able to actively niche partition with another palaeothere Plagiolophus...

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is a species of elephant native to sub-Saharan Africa and the...

upper dentition of therian mammals. The hypocone is found on the distal lingual side of the tooth. It fits into the grooves of the lower dentition and is...

The American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii) is the smallest species of mole. It is the only living member of the genus Neurotrichus and the tribe Neurotrichini...

Parabrontops (lit. 'beside thunder face', in reference to Brontops) is an extinct genus of horned brontothere that lived in East Asia during the Middle...

fragmentary remains, it is remarkable because of its small size and advanced dentition. It contains a single species, Asilifelis cotae. Asilifelis is only known...

Johnson-Ransom et al. (2026). Hendrickx (2026) explores the evolution of the dentition in non-coelurosaur theropods (e.g.,Ceratosauria, Megalosauroidea, and...

separation between the crown and base of the tooth in its pedicellate dentition. Physical characteristics from fossil evidence of Doleserpeton indicate...

'complete' and ὀδών odōn 'tooth', referring to its "complete" eutherian dentition), formerly called Elotherium, is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl...

other mammals, and thus are referred to as molariforms. The molariform dentition in three-toed sloths is simple and can be characterized as dental formula...

Australian sawshark Ikamauius. In general, sclerorynchoids all developed dentition closer to that of sawsharks than modern sawfish, but they are more closely...

may be related to biomechanics or simply a defensive adaptation. The dentition of the four known Mekosuchus species varies between the taxa both in shape...

rivers.[citation needed] Two-toed sloths have a reduced, ever growing dentition, with no incisors or true canines, which overall lacks homology with the...

muscle attachment. As a cynodont, it was closely related to mammals. The dentition consisted of a set of small incisors followed by two canines and 10-14...

Benoit, Julien (2025-09-08). "Description of the skull, braincase, and dentition of Moschognathus whaitsi (Dinocephalia, Tapinocephalia), and its palaeobiological...

species, E. dentitransitus, refers to the possession of a transitional dentition with sub-circular upper postcanines and a large number of sectorial teeth...

Gregory; Krick, Brandon A. (June 5, 2015). "Wear biomechanics in the slicing dentition of the giant horned dinosaur Triceratops". Science Advances. 1 (5) e1500055...

enormous size", they are relatively small in proportion to the rest of the dentition. The upper premolars are elongate and consist of a single cusp, resembling...

Both species share practically identical dentitions (particularly behind the canines), though the dentition of T. floridanus was larger, often with a...

Hoplocetus is an extinct genus of raptorial cetacean of the sperm whale superfamily, Physeteroidea. Its remains have been found in the Miocene of Belgium...

Loxomma (meaning “slanting eyes”) is an extinct genus of Loxommatinae and one of the first Carboniferous tetrapods. They were first described in 1862 and...

remains uncovered from Siberia were true "mammoths" that had similar dentitions to extant elephants but had some morphological differences. He mentioned...

Brighstoneus (after Brighstone, a village on the Isle of Wight) is a genus of hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the...

8 in) in length. These dentition patterns are similar to that of Morganucodon, allowing one to make the assumption that these dentition patterns arose within...

Sollier earned her doctorate in 1887 with a thesis entitled L'état de la dentition chez les enfants idiots et arriérés: contribution à l'étude des dégénérescences...

An aulacodont is an animal in which the dentition is arranged within grooves rather than individual sockets (like in thecodonty) or without bone encasement...

Zygorhiza ("Yoke-Root") is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale known from the Late Eocene (Priabonian, 38–34 Ma) of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi...

Ferret dentition...

1907. doi:10.3133/b304. hdl:2346/65014. Johnson, Gary D. (2008-04-22). "Dentitions of Barbclabornia (new genus, Chondrichthyes: Xenacanthiformes) from the...

large bulging forehead, some to an extreme degree. However, aside from dentition and size, very few morphological differences exist between male and female...

distinctive in that it shares similar hypercarnivorous modifications of the dentition with Cuon (dhole) and Lycaon (African wild dog). The crushing role of...

retardation that is not apparent at birth, delayed motor milestones and poor dentition can occur. The generalized increase in bone density of the medullary portion...

Pterodon like P. africanus. The matter is complicated by the paucity of dentition in M. osteothlastes. Megistotherium is one of the largest hyaenodonts...

meaning "jaw", and όφις (ophis) meaning "snake", referring to the snake's dentition. It is endemic to Seychelles. This species has 20-22 large, subequal maxillary...

Lufengpithecus (from Lufeng County, and Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos), meaning "ape, monkey") is an extinct genus of ape, known from the Late Miocene...

recognized that the teeth of this specimen matched the characteristic dentition of species "Megalosaurus" saharicus, originally described in 1925 by the...

Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera Acerodon...

may occur due to a transitional change from primary to the permanent dentition.[citation needed] Some factors that may cause an open bite are: Tongue...

recurved. The combination of D-shaped premaxillary teeth and a heterodont dentition is seen in some dromaeosaurids, troodontids, and tyrannosauroids as a...

Suwa, T. D. White, and F. Clark Howell. 1996. Mandibular postcanine dentition from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: Crown morphology, taxonomic allocations...

neglected dentition, including anterior digital smile design. A case study. 2018 Dr Sandeep Johal Clinical The conundrum of managing a compromised dentition. 2017...

Beipiaosaurus /ˌbeɪpjaʊˈsɔːrəs/ is a genus of therizinosauroid theropod dinosaurs that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous in the Yixian Formation...

gland or hypothalamus), dental anomalies (such as hypodontia, and delayed dentition), or nearsightedness. This disease usually begins early childhood, although...

it has dark, rufous-tinged fur, a comparatively small skull, and weak dentition. Coasts of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon Colima coyote C. l...

have no enamel, exposing the dentin. It may be generalized across the dentition or localized to a few teeth. Defects are categorized by shape or location...

ornithorhynchids, lacking a beak, possessing a more complete mammalian dentition, and retaining primitive ears connected to the jaw as in more basal mammals...

The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is an extinct species of rhinoceros that inhabited northern Eurasia during the Pleistocene epoch. The woolly...

this species were teeth. L. cookei exhibits noticeably more hypsodont dentition than earlier elephantids, which likely reflects an increased prevalence...

Alemoatherium is an extinct genus of prozostrodontian cynodont which lived in the Late Triassic of Brazil. It contains a single species, A. huebneri, named...

Homalodotherium is an extinct genus of South American native ungulates in the order Notoungulata. Fossils of Homalodotherium have been found in the Middle...

mekosuchines by the proportions of its snout and its highly specialised dentition, both of which are oftentimes cited as evidence for a more terrestrial...

Hyaenodonts differed from Carnivora in that they replaced their deciduous dentition slower in development than carnivorans. Studies on Hyaenodon show that...

when it was discovered to be a new species. This species has the typical dentition found in the genus, but its main outstanding features are a white "cap"...

fourth premolars were molariform. Its C1 canines were incisiviform. Its dentition was quite small in comparison to the size of the mandible and the animal...

river dolphin). However, it is a primitive odontocete with heterodont dentition and no modern descendants. Species of Squalodon are odontocetes that lived...

in both jaws, in contrast to its descendants, the dicynodonts, whose dentition is reduced to only a single pair of tusks (and in many cases no teeth...

Some health issues and abnormalities found at this site were related to dentition. The individual in Context 4 showed evidence of plaque buildup and severely...

is inflated in form, and the sagittal crest is weakly developed. The dentition—40 teeth with the dental formula:3.1.4.23.1.4.2—is adapted to their omnivorous...

for shearing, although the Tasmanian wolf, the larger of the two, had dentition more similar to the dog. The Pleistocene marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex)...

Jebel Irhoud (Arabic: جبل إيغود, Moroccan Arabic: žbəl iġud) or Adrar n Ighoud (Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵉⵖⵓⴷ, romanized: Adrar n Iɣud), is...

Lesothosaurus is a monospecific genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa and Lesotho. It was named...

the alveolar margin. Taurodontism can present in deciduous or permanent dentition, unilaterally or bilaterally, but is most common in the permanent molar...

recently when more comprehensive material was recovered, most of the dentition of the genus (its most distinctive feature) was unknown. Carinodens can...

Mesotherium ("middle beast") is an extinct genus of mesotheriid, a long-lasting family of superficially rodent-like, burrowing notoungulates from South...

range: Late Devonian to Late Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Preserved dentition of Cochliodus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata...

This commonly results in the impaction of the incisors during the mixed dentition stage. The study debating this also considered many other factors such...

within Acrodonta. The group is eponymously named from their acrodont dentition, whereby the teeth are consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge...

Kalakocetus (lit. 'Kalakot's whale') is an extinct genus of basal cetacean that lived during Eocene epoch in Subathu Formation of Kalakote town in Jammu...

was broader posteriorly than anteriorly". Out of any stereospondyl, the dentition of M. casei was described as the most specialized. The marginal tooth...

more likely to affect the maxillary incisors and occurs in permanent dentition. Although this may seem more of an aesthetics issue, an impacted maxillary...

Alxasaurus (/ˌɑːlʃəˈsɔːrəs/; meaning "Alxa lizard") is a genus of therizinosauroid theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age) Bayin-Gobi...

determined that the molars (as well as a mandible with nearly complete dentition belonging to another cercamoniines, Periconodon) were representative of...

Protoalligator is an extinct genus of alligatoroid from the Paleocene Wanghudun Formation of China. It was first described as a species of Eoalligator...

Eremosuchus is an extinct genus of sebecosuchian notosuchian from the Early Eocene El Kohol Formation of Algeria. It was first described on the basis of...

differ from modern large felids in that their bases are narrower. Yoshi's dentition was dissimilar to that of other machairodonts. The upper canines were...

Matsumoto R, Evans SE (March 2016). "Morphology and function of the palatal dentition in Choristodera". Journal of Anatomy. 228 (3): 414–29. doi:10.1111/joa...

Palatal expander in mixed dentition....

insectivorous animal subsisting on soft insects such as termites. The dentition of a shrew is very different. The aardwolf uses its canine teeth in self-defence;...

Late Eocene-Pliocene ~37.2–2.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Fossil dentition, Aurora Fossil Museum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:...

late childhood Papillon–Lefèvre syndrome Haim–Munk syndrome Premature dentition (Natal teeth) Pachyonychia congenita type II Grey–green discoloration...

late Devonian, it was estimated that they were 1–2 meters in length. Dentition and habitat suggests that Ossinodus' were piscivores considering habitat...

Adrienne; Bolter, Debra; Boesch, Christophe (2004). "Wild chimpanzee dentition and its implications for assessing life history in immature hominin fossils"...

even when dentition, although bilophodont in both orders, is very different. For most scholars, the two orders remain separated. The dentition is complete...

Neovenator (nˈiːə͡ʊvˌɛne͡ɪtə; "new hunter") is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur. It is known primarily from several skeletons...

Pelorovis is an extinct genus of African wild bovines which existed during the Pleistocene epoch. Originally believed to be a giant member of Caprinae...

Nannopithex Temporal range: Eocene–Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Dentition of N. zuccolae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata...

skull, including parts of the skull roof, lower jaw, upper and lower dentition, basicranium and palate. The skull roof was heavily damaged during preparation...

Left valve dentition of the shell of the venerid Mercenaria mercenaria...

otoscope "Moist mucous membranes, no thrush, no vesicles, no lesions, good dentition" Neck "No LAD, thyroid WNL, neck supple" (JVD and bruit may be reported...

Arctocyon (from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos), meaning "bear", and κύων (kúon), meaning "dog", and thus, "bear-dog") is an extinct genus of large placental...

sliding jaw articulation may have originated before dicynodonts. Suminia dentition has significant implications on its feeding ecology, which is discussed...

Microchoerus is similar to most other microchoerines in bodyplan, In dentition, Microchoerus is unique due to the development of mesoconid and hypoconulid...

fruits include the native naseberries and introduced rose apples. The dentition is the number and type of teeth that an animal possesses. The mammalian...

Drymoreomys is a rodent genus in the tribe Oryzomyini that lives in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. The single species, D. albimaculatus, is known only...

Premaxilla of Moropus elatus Marsh, and Evolution of Chalicotherioid Anterior Dentition". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (1): 118–121. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1303796...

surrounding the teats to provide some protection to the developing young. The dentition of dasyurids is also considered primitive, and differs from that of other...

(28 to 15 mya). With their cosmopolitan Miocene distribution and heterodont dentition, squalodontids are the most common and basal platanistoids. They are relatively...

Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania) and the evolution of the spinosaurid dentition". Oryctos. 10: 1–8. Heinrich, Wolf-Dieter; et al. (2001). "The German-Tanzanian...

meatus is broad and open, although the auditory bullae are confined. The dentition of the camas pocket gopher is symmetric, with one set of incisors, one...

species. The lemur dentition is heterodont (having multiple tooth morphologies) and derives from an ancestral primate permanent dentition of 2.1.3.32.1.3...

to have been ground dwelling, with reduced intestinal length, smaller dentition, and "brains [swollen] to their current, horrendously fuel-inefficient...

layers: a histo-anatomic dentin layer mimicking the dentin shape of the dentition of the patient and an enamel layer. These restorations that mimic the...

Scissors, and Sharks: Late Paleozoic Experimentation with Symphyseal Dentition". The Anatomical Record. 303 (2): 363–376. doi:10.1002/ar.24046. ISSN 1932-8494...

Sunda colugo and differed from both in several characteristics of the dentition. Not enough is known of the skeleton of Dermotherium to assess whether...

[f͆]. Everett, C.; Chen, S. (2021). "Speech adapts to differences in dentition within and across populations". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 1066. doi:10...

palatine bone. In many early tetrapods the pterygoid bears teeth (palatal dentition), which are retained by some living squamates. "Origin of the pterygoid...

Crocodylus lucivenator is an extinct species of crocodile from the Late Pliocene Hadar Formation of Ethiopia. The name at least partially references Lucy...

Noasaurus ("Northwestern Argentina lizard") is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Argentina. The type...

Panochthus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in the Gran Chaco-Pampean region of Argentina (Lujan, Yupoí and Agua Blanca Formations), Brazil...

The white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth), also known as the white-fronted or long-haired spider monkey, is an endangered species of spider monkey...

Simpson, George Gaylord (1933). "The "Plagiaulacoid" Type of Mammalian Dentition A Study of Convergence". Journal of Mammalogy. 14 (2): 97–107. doi:10...

Eoalligator is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian known from fragmentary remains that have been recovered from Late Cretaceous to Paleocene sediments...

anterior part; the posterior part of the mandible was very elevated. The dentition is complete, with the mandible having 44 teeth and no diastema. The upper...

similar to those of other aquatic mammals like otters and pinnipeds. The dentition was suited to feed on hard-shelled invertebrate prey, such as crustaceans...

coauthors described a fossilized cartilaginous fish with a well-preserved dentition, skull, fins, and trunk (designated as NBMG 10127) and tooth anatomy similar...

Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying...

Hippopotamidae and were merely sister taxa. However many detailed research of the dentition among ancodonts, as well as how some anthracotheres were similar to hippos...

peculiar zipper-shaped morphology of the holotype specimen's jaws and unique dentition. However, two fossil skulls discovered in 2016 indicate that the holotype...

crossbreeds. Hairless varieties of the Cresteds can be prone to poor dentition. Poor dentition may include missing or crowded teeth and teeth prone to decay...

from Australian specimens, separating them from O. ferox on the basis of dentition and the absence of spots. Leonard Compagno synonymized the two species...

the species in 1977 and the present, have yielded an almost complete dentition. Identifying dental characteristics of the genus include small, high,...

ring-tailed lemur's heel is not covered by fur. The ring-tailed lemur has a dentition of 2.1.3.32.1.3.3 × 2 = 36, meaning that on each side of the jaw it has...

consume a large amount of unripe fruit for which they have specialised dentition. They also eat flowers, seeds, invertebrates, buds and leaves. Uakari...

Regression of the Dental Lamina Underlies the Development of Diphyodont Dentitions". Journal of Dental Research. 91 (5): 491–498. doi:10.1177/0022034512442896...

was applied to Late Pliocene fossils of canids with hypercarnivorous dentition that were found in China at the sites Loc. 33 (Yangshao, Henan), Loc....

Megahippus is an extinct genus of large Anchitheriine horses found throughout the southern portion of the United States during the middle Miocene. The...

rounded cusps with thick enamel. The most noticeable characteristic of the dentition of Hylobates lar is the presence of large, dagger-like canines in both...

hdl:2246/1126. Borths, Matthew R; Stevens, Nancy J (2017). "Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia...

Moschorhinus is an extinct genus of therocephalian synapsid in the family Akidnognathidae with only one species: M. kitchingi, which has been found in...

Tenontosaurus (/tɪˌnɒntəˈsɔːrəs/ ti-NON-tə-SOR-əs; lit. 'sinew lizard') is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur. It had an unusually long, broad...

in tetrapods, teeth are also present in the roof of the mouth (palatal dentition), in tetrapods these teeth have been lost in living mammals, birds, turtles...

Bats (order Chiroptera /kaɪˈrɒptərə/) are winged mammals, the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most...

years ago. Parapithecus had an unusual dentition, which contained no adult lower incisors. The upper dentition likely had four incisors. This means the...

(Liaoning) May have fed similar to Platanista dolphins, which have similar dentition Zhongjianornis - Zhonghe Zhou - Fucheng Zhang - Zhiheng Li 2010 Jiufotang...

synchrotron scanning showed a lack of slender femur, serrated lateral dentition, teeth present on the coronoid, or a lateral boss on the postorbital,...

flattened upper canines and accompanying mandibular flanges. Some had dentition similar to felids, or modern cats, with smaller canines. Others had moderately...

Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus is an extinct species of marine reptile. It is thought to have been a nektonic carnivore. Its name comes from the Greek ευρύς...

Bluefish dentition...

Key features of a wolf skull and dentition...

four groups, having the smallest relative brain size, more primitive dentition and unspecialised cranial structure. With the exception of domestic pigs...

indicating that these were two sister groups. Borophaginae skull and dentition were designed for a powerful killing bite compared with the Leptocyon...

the unique and complex dentition of the shell, (i.e. the interior hinge teeth that articulate the two valves). The dentition is particularly elaborate...

Ocepeia is an extinct genus of afrotherian mammal that lived in present-day Morocco during the middle Paleocene epoch, approximately 60 million years ago...

Copulatory organs of Pachyballus castaneus: 22 cheliceral dentition; 23–25 palpal organ, ventral view; 26 palpal organ, lateral view; 27 epigyne; 28 internal...

known member of the family. The dentition of Armenohyrax is largely lophoselenodont, though the labial side of the dentition is also partly hypsodont. The...

particularly lengthy), large and semi-centred orbits, and a complete dentition of 44 teeth (the maximum in placental mammals), which mainly consists...

Symptoms present in early childhood and can include sparse hair, abnormal dentition and hypohidrosis, heat intolerance, asthma, eczema, glaucoma, recurrent...

2020. Valcheva, Zornitsa (January 2018). "THE ROLE OF MOUTH BREATHING ON DENTITION DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION" (PDF). Journal of IMAB. 24: 1878–1882. doi:10...

Academy of Sciences, has a complete skeleton with a partial skull and dentition. It displays characteristics of monotremes but appears to be more related...

non-placental, eutherian mammals. Cimolestans had a wide variety of body shapes, dentition and lifestyles, though the majority of them were small to medium-sized...

eruptions. Malocclusion can occur in primary and secondary dentition. In primary dentition, malocclusion is caused by: Underdevelopment of the dentoalveolor...

feeding, non-nutritive sucking habits, and malocclusion in the primary dentition". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 91 (10): 836–840. doi:10.1136/adc...

affinities are unclear. It is notable for both its small size, and its unique dentition. The first published material belonging to this genus includes a broken...

years ago consisting of one species: M. nesbittae. It lacks any form of dentition, indicating that baleen whales first evolved tooth loss before evolving...

dental appliance used in orthodontics, for various purposes to correct a dentition by preventing the pressure from the soft tissue. Lip bumpers are usually...

Varieties of Post-classical and Byzantine Greek. De Gruyter. p. 447. Dentition helps archaeologists to assess biological and ethnic population traits...

(28 February 2013). "Increasing and decreasing functional area of the dentition (FAD) of Mammuthus primigenius". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 87 (4):...

Masiakasaurus projected forwards instead of straight down. This unique dentition suggests that they had a specialized diet, perhaps including fish and...

palatal teeth from the roof of the mouth that occlude against the marginal dentition of the lower jaw. Such occlusion between palatal and marginal teeth is...

means whereby mammals achieve increased functional durability of their dentitions, with special reference to limiting factors". Biological Reviews. 63 (2):...

maxilla which included the previously unknown anterior section of the dentition. The teeth of the new material exhibited a more gracile form than that...

Naish studied the photograph and concluded from the corpse's visible dentition, skull shape, and front paws that the creature was a raccoon, with its...

that contains primarily small-bodied Cretaceous taxa with heterodont dentition. Neosuchia includes the extant crocodylians and basal taxa, such as peirosaurids...

sharks. Members of the genus are known for their unusual behaviour and dentition. Isistius brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (cookiecutter shark) Isistius...

They also had a very well-developed secondary palate. The tritylodont dentition differed from that of most other cynodonts: They did not have canine teeth...

one-quarter the size expected for a mammal of its size. Plesiadapis' dentition shows a functional shift toward grinding and crushing in the cheek teeth...

problematic: Acostasaurus possesses caniniform dentition, whereas brachauchenines possess longirostrine homodont dentition. As discussed before, Simolestes and...

Rogers-Davidson, Sally; Morton, Steve; et al. (2016). "The mandible and dentition of the Early Cretaceous monotreme Teinolophos trusleri". Alcheringa: An...

distinguish Biseridens from other anomodonts include the presence of heterodont dentition, or differentiated teeth rows in which different teeth have distinct morphology...

some species. The males typically have a bolder coloration and a unique dentition. The males of most species are covered in scars from the teeth of other...

Andrews, Charles William (1908). "IX. On the skull, mandible, and milk dentition of Palæomastodon, with some remarks on the tooth change in the proboscidea...

the unique and complex dentition of the shell, (i.e. the interior hinge teeth that articulate the two valves). The dentition is particularly elaborate...

sofcover (270 x 185 mm), 159 pp, ASIN B0000DSYFT (in French) Teeth, second dentition, tusks – Contains information about the relevance of elephant teeth to...

length of Brasilodon has been estimated at 20 centimetres (7.9 in). Its dentition shows that it was most likely an insectivore. The genus is monotypic,...

The earliest fossil record of mammals with the characteristic rodent dentition comes from the Paleocene, shortly after the extinction of the non-avian...

that Aleodon be classified under Chiniquodontidae based on less-worn dentition of unpublished specimens. This classification was accepted by many sources...

from Kalodirr relating to Afropithecus consisting of cranial, mandible, dentition and post-cranial remains. The type specimen of Afropithecus turkanensis...

The permanent dentition of Q. meyeri erupted very late into its development; subadult specimens still have most of their deciduous dentition, with only two...

which the describing authors suggest may indicate a specialized diet. Its dentition shows similarities with those of hesperornitheans, and indeed it may be...

of the percrocutoid hyaenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (5) e2197972. doi:10.1080/02724634...

dome constrained pachycephalosaurs to a more plesiomorphic (ancestral) dentition with a low-fiber herbivorous niche, and that it was an example of a sociosecual...

for Ptychodus. Like Ptychodus, Paraptychodus possessed a durophagous dentition. Its teeth have a convex crown surface crossed by transverse ridges. Although...

lived in Northern Europe during the late Eocene to Early Oligocene. The dentition of Amphirhagatherium suggests that the genus had a mixed diet of leaves...

12.5 million to 8.5 million years ago. It differs from orangutans in dentition and postcranial morphology. In the following cladogram, the approximate...

female has been nicknamed) has an estimated body mass of 650-1000g, and dentition and stomach contents indicating a herbivorous diet. Ida has a low intermembral...

Dentition from the upper jaw of the sea mink (left) and the American mink (right)...

able to eat the fibrous leaves due to the structural aspects of their dentition. Narrow incisors aid in the ingestion of the leaves, and molars with sharp...

heterodont (more than one tooth morphology) dentition as opposed to a homodont (one tooth morphology present) dentition. Although they somewhat resembled a wolf...

vegetable matter at times. While not all mustelids share an identical dentition, they all possess teeth adapted for eating flesh, including the presence...

surangular and angular bones as well as the mandibular fenestra. The dentition of the upper jaw consisted of five premaxillary and 14 maxillary teeth...

The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) is an extinct species of mammoth that inhabited North America from southern Canada to Costa Rica during the Pleistocene...

including the Ginn Quarry cat, known from a complete skull, which has dentition similar to Proailurus lemanensis but with a slightly larger skull. Robert...

dentine core and a very thin enamel outer layer. This is the same type of dentition observed in many extinct theropod dinosaurs. The teeth of the insectivorous...

While the lower jaw is unknown, some clues on the interaction between the dentition of the upper and lower jaw can be found in the anatomy of the upper jaw...

that it may have been a juvenile, although the characteristic 'hatchling dentition' that would normally be found here is only present for the last two teeth...

sauropods began to display increased neck length and more specialized dentition. They also developed a digitigrade posture in the hindlimbs, in which...

which the jaws are oftentimes curved more uniformly or even straight. The dentition of Wadisuchus consisted of four teeth in each premaxilla and at least...

name, trifurcatum, refers to the trident-like morphology of the anterior dentition. Nine isolated teeth from the Early Cretaceous Quiricó Formation ('Fazenda...

to the African Civettictis civetta due to their location. This civet's dentition indicates it more than likely was strictly carnivorous. In comparison...

Andrews, Charles William (1908). "IX. On the skull, mandible, and milk dentition of Palæomastodon, with some remarks on the tooth change in the proboscidea...

membrane WNL, neck supple" "Neck" is sometimes split out from "Head". "Good dentition" may be noted. Resp or "Chest" "Nontender, CTA bilat" Chest expansion...

"HN5/48 shows that the distinctive craniofacial morphology and generalized dentition of Paleoamericans can co-occur with a Beringian derived mtDNA haplogroup...

orientalosuchines. Its skull table is also noted for being unusually short and its dentition features both elongated caniniforms and bulbous molariforms. Based on...

They also present upper and lower labial furrows. The sonic hedgehog dentition expression is first found as a bilateral symmetrical pattern and is found...

the Late Cretaceous, they are likely to be of a shark with a similar dentition, Cretoxyrhina; since at one point they were considered to be the same...

PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Stereophotographs in occlusal views of lower dentitions of Paranyctoides aralensis. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia...

Turolian of the Late Miocene. Belbus had durophagous adaptations in its dentition, but was less well-adapted to durophagy than modern durophagous hyaenids...

which the teeth are reduced in number and hypertrophied. Barinasuchus' dentition was heterodont, meaning that multiple tooth morphologies were present...

Illustration of lower dentition of Thylacoleo reconstructed by Owen, 1877...

ISSN 0031-0182. Hendrickx, Christophe (June 2019). "A proposed terminology for the dentition of gomphodont cynodonts and dental morphology in Diademodontidae and Trirachodontidae"...

teeth are used to crush and grind food, rather than bite it. Their unique dentition is important for their crustacean-based diet. In smooth dogfish, tooth...

Stenoplesictis was refuted by Peigné and de Bonis (1999) based on the dentition, though they did not assign the species to another genus. Egi et al. (2016)...

anatomy differences. It was well-adapted for purely folivorous diets, with dentition capable of chewing through hard leaf material and an implied presence...

Features that link Glossotherium and Paramylodon include, for example, the dentition structure with the anterior caniniform teeth and the tooth structure,...

diseases, disorders, and conditions of the mouth, most commonly focused on dentition (the development and arrangement of teeth) as well as the oral mucosa...

fetus was hyper-flexed with other signs of "intrauterine" death. Fetal dentition charts dated the fetus at 34 weeks, the epiphyses being obscured by extensive...

absent, corresponding with the development of an ancestrally pleurodont dentition. Members of the group are ancestrally and are almost exclusively (with...

crests. However, australopiths generally evolved a larger postcanine dentition with thicker enamel. Australopiths in general had thick enamel, like Homo...

descended from the llama, ignoring similarities in size, fleece, and dentition between the alpaca and the vicuña. Classification was complicated by the...

2020. Valcheva, Zornitsa (January 2018). "THE ROLE OF MOUTH BREATHING ON DENTITION DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION" (PDF). Journal of IMAB. Retrieved 31 May 2020...

ISSN 0066-4162. Matsumoto, Ryoko; Evans, Susan E. (January 2017). "The palatal dentition of tetrapods and its functional significance". Journal of Anatomy. 230...

Duyong Cave site of Palawan island dated to around 2680±250 BCE. The dentition of the skeletons is stained, typical of betel chewers. The grave also...

Close-up of S. bolcensis dentition, Museo dei Fossili di Bolca...

with keratinous beaks for cropping foliage and a specialized and complex dentition for food processing. Hadrosaurus foulkii, the only species in this genus...

Koenigswald (2016.) "Specialized wear facets and late ontogeny in mammalian dentitions", Historical Biology, 30(1–2), 7–29. T. H. Huxley (1880.) "On the application...

presence of an advanced cutting-based dentition in T. bernardi as opposed to a more general smashing-based dentition seen in other Tylosaurus species. Hainosaurus...

middle of the back and is confluent with the caudal and anal fins. The dentition of the lungfish is unusual: two incisors, restricted to the upper jaw...

toothcomb has been lost completely and replaced with other specialized dentition. In lemuriform primates, the toothcomb has been used by scientists in...

Auguste Pomel in 1853. Its body size equals a large Indian civet, but its dentition resembles that of the Indian grey mongoose. Pomel, A. (1853). "Herpestes...

third molar lacks a hypocone. No sexual dimorphism is observed in the dentition. Archaeotherium's postcranial elements were similar to those of other...

bivalve species occurred, and the dysodont, heterodont, and taxodont dentitions evolved. By the Early Silurian, the gills were becoming adapted for filter...

pointed out several errors in Granger and Gregory's interpretations of the dentition of Embolotherium (and Titanodectes) fossils. Notably, Granger and Gregory's...

more gracile features in comparison to other hominins. The reduction of dentition is a feature that allows for the advantage of adaptability in diet and...

does, however, bear fangs and many small pterygoid teeth. This reduced dentition is due to their diet consisting almost entirely of fish eggs. Due to their...

species of the genus are also tailless. Guinea pigs have a typical rodent dentition with incisors (incisivi) and a gap between the teeth (diastema). In both...

animal matter from carrion; animal matter from predation; and fish. Their dentition and digestive system reflects this varied diet. Ward & Kynaston 1995,...

the skeletal fusion indicates that the individual was a subadult, the dentition already represented the adult condition. This becomes especially noticeable...

teeth, and jaw fragments; no complete skeletons have been found. The dentition varied; the smallest species had teeth like modern fish eaters, and the...

from Tertiary Kangaroo Well Local Fauna, N.T. and description of upper dentition of potoroine Wakiewakie lawsoni from Upper Site Local Fauna, Riversleigh"...

resembles the fossa seen in other peirosaurids and baurusuchids. The dentition of the upper jaw of Kostensuchus consists of five premaxillary teeth and...

characteristics with other early rhynchosaurs, including their ankylothecodont dentition (teeth within deep sockets and fused to the bone) and precision-shear...

Borophaginae (such as Aelurodon) are believed to have lacked this ligament. Dentition relates to the arrangement of teeth in the mouth, with the dental notation...

Cephalogale dentition, Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, Auvergne, France)...

thumb phalanx. Orrorin had small teeth relative to its body size. Its dentition differs from that found in Australopithecus in that its cheek teeth are...

their base of skulls and nasal bones, their masticatory muscles, and dentition. Phylogenetic analysis of tissue samples of these taxa and their ability...

unusual skulls with teeth in the upper, but not lower, jaws. Their unique dentition has led some scientists to suggest an omnivorous diet for them. The family...

"Dollosaurus". Species referred to Prognathodon are variable in terms of dentition. Robust and conical teeth with blunt, serrated carinae and smooth enamel...

modern giraffes, having a long neck and legs and similar ossicones and dentition. Bohlinia colonised China and northern India and produced the Giraffa...

structure and should be used. In order to maintain space in the primary dentition, attempts are made not to extract a pulpal exposure. Tertiary dentin is...

members of the Dichobuninae and had selenodont (crescent-like ridges) dentition. It is defined as a distinct dichobunine genus on the basis of some very...

PMID 30020948. Gingerich, Philip D.; Rose, Kenneth D. (1979). "Anterior Dentition of the Eocene Condylarth Thryptacodon: Convergence with the Tooth Comb...

and turn occasionally gold, while the underbelly remained light. The dentition of the fish comprises a blunt and rounded snout, with the upper jaw containing...

bite force for engaging in durophagy or to compensate for unspecialized dentition, as evident from the robust molar cusps and the deep mandibular fossa...

Right dentary dentition of a juvenile P. wilsoni from the White River Badlands....

upper side of the angular process does not reach the occlusal plane. The dentition of Mylodon differs greatly from that of the other placental mammals and...

are larger than those of the closely related striped hyena, and their dentition is more robust, indicating a more specialized dietary adaptation. The...

Partial dentaries A kuehneosaurid-like lepidosauromorph with pleurodont dentition. Lacertilia indet.? Vinita member (Tomahawk assemblage) Richmond Lissamphibia...

Pseudoparablastomeryx and Leptomeryx being suggested to be browsers based on dentition with Leptomeryx being compared to the extant Pudu along with mouse deer...

"European origin of placodont marine reptiles and the evolution of crushing dentition in Placodontia". Nature Communications. 4: 1621. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4...

of the terrestrial herbivores are described as having had brachyodont dentition, meaning teeth that are best suited to deal with soft plant matter such...

an adult body length of 1.6 to 6.0 meters. Rhabdodontids have a simple dentition with leaf-shaped teeth used for a powerful scissors-like shearing. These...

foetus development. In many early tetrapods, it bears teeth (palatal dentition), though these are lost in all synapsids and diapsid reptiles. Holliday...

animal's mouth and the force with which the jaws could be closed. The dentition of the animal also resembled modern crocodiles, including the teeth in...

identified through highly specific meristic and morphometric markers: Dentition: Features 46–47 up to 63–73 close-set tooth rows in the upper and lower...

transitional) dentition. After the last primary tooth falls out of the mouth—a process known as exfoliation—the teeth are in the permanent dentition. Primary...

jaw, was high and curved backwards, in contrast to Hypertragulus. The dentition consisted of a total of 36 teeth. The dental formula, which shows the...

metacarpal I (only half that of metacarpal II) and in that its reduced dentition is restricted to the symphyseal portion of the dentary. The holotype skull...

as P. rossignoli. Therefore, on the basis of the resemblance with the dentition of Pliohyrax, and as Gaylord Simpson had predicted, Viret repositioned...

primary cusp, and smaller secondary lateral cusps. This tearing type dentition suggests Leptostyrax preferred moderately large prey like bony fishes...

the teeth and their supporting structures and the rehabilitation of the dentition to functional and aesthetic requirements of the individual. Restorative...

Carolina measured about 7.2 cm in height. Postosuchus possessed heterodonty dentition, which means each tooth was different in size and shape from the others...

Dentition 2.1.2.3 2.1.3.3...

primitive dental features unite the 12 included genera, such as a complete dentition with unreduced canines and no diastemata in the earliest genera. Likewise...

relatively large body size. The postcranial evidence is thin, but the dentition of O. macedoniensis suggests extreme sexual dimorphism, a far higher degree...

uninterrupted cartilaginous notochord and an extensively developed palatal dentition. Basal ("primitive") lungfish groups may retain marginal teeth and an...

diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, commonly in the dentition but also the oral mucosa, and of adjacent and related structures and tissues...

adaptations for its low nutrient, toxic, and fibrous diet. The animal's dentition consists of incisors and cheek teeth (a single premolar and four molars...

mask, a bushy ringed tail, and a somewhat flattened skull with strong dentition. Overall, in comparison to raccoons from the colder northern parts of...

narrower and elongated, with a notably smaller brainpan, and unusual dentition. Media reports about the Kellas cat in the 1980s often confused it, despite...

ecology, evolution and developmental biology, especially of the mammalian dentition. Jernvall is currently an Academy Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology...

found to have a pair of large fangs not seen among the species typical dentition, especially for females, who typically have none. The fangs are possibly...

molars and incisors during the Cretaceous period; this advanced, cow-like dentition allowed the creatures to obtain more nutrients from the tough plant life...

all fins. It can further be told apart from various congeners by way of dentition and some aspects of coloration, including the presence of two humeral...

[lizard-big]; lit. 'big lizard'. The Tupinambis species have heterodont dentition consisting of four different types of teeth. Incisor-type—tricuspid—teeth...

very similar to Amphimeryx with its selenodont (crescent-like ridges) dentition and its fused "cubonavicular bone" (cuboid bone and navicular bone) of...

Bitia. It is found in Malaysia. Bitia hydroides is noted for its unusual dentition. In all other snakes, any enlarged teeth are located on the dentary or...

specimen. Unfortunately, almost all dentition in the holotype was damaged by grinding. Based on the roots of upper dentition, there appear to have four incisors...

Gilmoreosaurus (meaning "Charles Whitney Gilmore's lizard") is a genus of hadrosauromorphan dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia. The type species...

age of 16 years; at this point, all teeth are in place and the jaw and dentition are mature. Whenever OSAS is detected, the level of obstruction is determined...

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distinguished from their relatives by their specialised anterior (front) dentition. The incisors, canines and anterior premolariforms were all rather simple...

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Duyong Cave site of Palawan island dated to around 4,630±250 BP . The dentition of the skeletons are stained, typical of betel chewers. The grave also...

anteosaurid's endocast volume would have housed non-neural tissue. The dentition of Anteosaurus is composed of long to very long incisors, large canines...

first lower premolars, weak selenodonty (crescent-like ridges) in its dentition, and has three-lobed canines. It is one of the earlier artiodactyl species...

to this genus were large bodied macropredators based on their robust dentition. This is also supported by P. australis having been found with remains...

Caririsuchus is an extinct genus of itasuchid crocodylomorph from the Aptian to Albian Romualdo Formation of the Santana Group in the Araripe Basin in...

isolated tooth are known from the holotype of Tewkensuchus, showing that its dentition seemingly differed noticeably from that of sebecids. The tooth crown is...

side, and neither permitted motion at the elbow joint. Most of the upper dentition has been eroded away, but the dental formula of Ancalecetus most likely...

breeding for such traits can have detrimental effects on tear ducts, dentition, and breathing, such traits also serve to cause pet owners to derive more...

lamniform sharks (Carcharodon and Otodus) derived from associated fossil dentitions". Palaeontologia Electronica. 24 (1): 1–28. doi:10.26879/1140. Shimada...

ecomorphological patterns in hyenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition". PeerJ. 6 e6238. doi:10.7717/peerj.6238. PMC 6330948. PMID 30648005....

minutes depending upon the material. This leaves an imprint of a person's dentition and surrounding structures of the oral cavity. Digital impressions using...

rex: implications for the taxonomic and systematic utility of theropod dentitions". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (4): 865–887. doi:10...

compact body than other Mustela species, a more powerfully built skull and dentition, is less agile, and is well known for having the characteristic ability...

different cusps of the teeth), or had them only vestigially. Based on their dentition, it can be inferred that all brontotheres were browsers. The first brontothere...

In 1848, the French palaeontologist Auguste Pomel recognized that the dentition of A. murinus was roughly similar to those of ruminants and therefore...

victim was at first believed to be between 18 and 22 years of age, but his dentition suggested that he may have been older than 27. The age range was updated...

for aquatic life and most had unusual downturned snouts and crushing dentition. Thalattosauroids lived along the coasts of both Panthalassa and the Tethys...

1134/S0031030120070084. ISSN 0031-0301. Bonillas, Ygnacio (1936). "The Dentition of Lambdotherium". Journal of Mammalogy. 17 (2): 139–142. doi:10.2307/1374188...

cattle was born, traded, their medical history, and so on. A check of the dentition can still be helpful for when trading with unmarked cattle raised in more...

what is now South America. This animal is only known from its fossilized dentition. From a comparison with its close relatives, it is supposed that it was...

smaller than normal, may be observed in both the primary and permanent dentition. This condition can be genetically-linked and in severe cases, may present...

similar dentition to P. medium to the extent that it belonged to Palaeotherium. Cuvier observed that the species had larger-sized dentition compared...

its phylogenetic position within the Tristichopteridae clade as similar dentition patterns are found in other closely related derived tristichopterids....

Anarhichas Atlantic wolffish (A. lupus) Skull of A. lupus showing strong dentition Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii...

be named by Lopatin in a 2006 publication based on differences in the dentition along with the shape of the angular and coronoid processes on the mandible...

Articulated skeleton. A barb. Hexasephus H. guentheri Pharyngeals and dentition. A cypriniform. Musperia M. radiata Fragmentary specimens, another complete...

crushed. The jaws of the holotype are tightly closed and most of the dentition is preserved in situ. The cranium does not only suffer from crushing,...

Eucholoeops (sometimes incorrectly spelled Eucholaeops) is a genus of megalonychid ground sloth that lived in southernmost Argentina. Fossils have been...

Dissacus, however recent analysis had found differentiations in their dentition and postcranial, which resulted in the revival of Hyaenodictis. Hyaenodictis...

(2014). "A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of Northern Italy"...

musculature surrounding this and the skeletal components. The human dentition consists of 32 permanent teeth and these are distributed between the alveolar...

seems to be placed in the genus Platypterygius. However, the particular dentition of this specimen quickly makes it change its mind about whether it belongs...

and serrated teeth. It was deep-snouted and had a slightly heterodont dentition with three distinct tooth morphologies present from sections of the lower...

digestive track, abundant and varied helminthic community, and specialized dentition were well suited for a vegetarian diet. Although most animals died early...

Albanerpeton is an extinct genus of salamander-like albanerpetontid amphibian found in North America, Europe and Asia first appearing in Cretaceous-aged...

patients between KDM6A and KMT2D variations include prominent ears, abnormal dentition, congenital heart disease, feeding difficulties, cryptorchidism, joint...

development, but does not reach its full size until after the second dentition. The maxilla was formerly described as ossifying from six centers, viz...

more widely spaced teeth than the large adults. The same applies to the dentition of the lower jaw, where the third and fourth alveoli are especially closely...

plant material with their highly derived dental batteries and advanced dentition; their skull morphology is consistent with specialisation for feeding...

and, for most of the species, by semi-tritorial or strongly tritorial dentition".[clarification needed] with dozens of species assigned to it. Fossils...

he was able to discern as being different from Palaeotherium based on dentition form, including the apparent lack of canines that left a large gap between...

rafted from Africa to Madagascar during the Paleogene. Similarities in dentition between aye-ayes and several African primate fossils (Plesiopithecus and...

envenomation in humans only occurs from the snake being provoked. Their dentition lacks grooved teeth or fangs for venom delivery, and the "rear-fanged"...

between teeth) compared to Palaeotherium and brachyodont (low-crowned) dentition that over time became more hypsodont (high-crowned) in response to climatic...

tissue-supported prosthesis. A complete denture can be opposed by natural dentition, a partial or complete denture, fixed appliances or, sometimes, soft tissues...

whiten. Thin veneers are an effective option for aging patients with worn dentition. In many cases, minimal to no tooth preparation is needed when using porcelain...

Platensis, a gigantic extinct mammiferous species, referrible by its dentition to the Rodentia, but with affinities to the Pachydermata and the Herbivorous...

basal callus shield is not extensive and has a well-developed dentition. The dentition of the aperture is also well developed. This species occurs in...

tooth of the lower jaw. Among the most striking features of Baru is its dentition. The teeth are slightly recurved and display a great disparity in tooth...

parts of the fossil had been destroyed or never collected. No lateral dentition is confidently associated with this species, although crushing teeth similar...

Obdurodon differed from the modern platypus in that they had more permanent dentition in the spoon-shaped bill, retaining molars and incisors. The species may...

room for wear and tear). This is sometimes referred to as an elodont dentition, meaning ever-growing. These teeth grow or erupt continuously. The growth...

their closest relative, the fanaloka), nonretractile claws, and a unique dentition: the canines and premolars are backwards-curving and flat. This is thought...

functionally responsible for preventing excessive biting that may damage the dentition, regulating tooth pain perception, and mediating the jaw jerk reflex (by...

mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), but differed in the morphology of its dentition. Externally, the southern mulgara had a crested tail and 8 nipples, which...

Old World genus Elaphe. However the morphology of the hemipenes, the dentition, and the squamatization found the New World species to be closer to the...

changes in vegetation and faunal competition). Lophiodon has bilophodont dentition, meaning that its cheek teeth (mainly the molars) has two transverse ridges...

American orthodontist known for his contributions to topics related to mixed dentition. Nance is known for developing serial extraction in United States, as...

been used historically to differentiate species of Notharctus, as the dentition of primates is distinctive. The canines of Notharctus have been suggested...

bite marks on the skulls of juvenile Dorudon have been matched with the dentition of B. isis, suggesting a dietary difference between the two species, similar...

kilograms (2,200–2,600 lb) in Toxodon, and had medium to high-crowned dentition, which in derived members of the group evolved into ever-growing cheek...

distinguished by bunolophodont dentition (bumpy with some ridges), as opposed to the other raoellids, which have a hyperbunodont dentition (very bumpy). While a...

from the Early Cretaceous of North America; it showed the pelvis and dentition were the first features that were modified away from the more general...

flattened centra similar to Shonisaurus and Himalayasaurus, and an aulacodont dentition analogous to Shastasaurus. The morphology of the posterior jaw was considered...

colour and has dark brown to black at the ends of the limbs and tail. The dentition is a diagnostic of O. bernardus, exhibiting a uniquely grooved notch at...

distinguishing it from the earlier Propalorchestes and other Miocene genera. The dentition and morphological features of the genus indicate they browsed for plant...

Metriotherium but differed from it by its more bunodont (round and low cusps) dentition among other differences. As one of the few dichobunines of the Oligocene...

Melstrom, Keegan M. (10 September 2021). "Quantitative analyses of squamate dentition demonstrate novel morphological patterns". PLOS ONE. 16 (9) e0257427....

12.5 million to 8.5 million years ago. It differs from orangutans in dentition and postcranial morphology. The largest fossil species of Ponginae is...

from its molars. Equoids were originally brachyodont (low-crowned) in dentition, but the morphologies of their molars had changed to adapt to different...

an acrodont dentition at the back of its jaws, meaning that the teeth are completely fused with the jaw bone, and a pleurodont dentition at the front...

Trewavas (1932) into a new genus, Amacrodon, based on differences in dentition. Bruun assigned a specimen collected by the Galathea Expedition of 1950–52...

northern white rhinoceros C. simum cottoni in size, proportions, and dentition, and has been treated as its direct ancestor, a subspecies (though cottoni...

characteristic of other ungulates. There is strong resemblance between the dentition of primitive cetaceans and primitive ungulates, which seemingly cements...

which in the lower jaw fits into notches in the upper jaw. This type of dentition is not seen in any other known crocodyliform. Another unique characteristic...

spectacular specializations seen in Edaphosaurus. For example, the marginal dentition of Ianthasaurus is similar to that of insectivorous reptiles, with slender...

a restricted and specialised diet. Due to the lack of well-developed dentition, narwhals are believed to feed by swimming close to prey and sucking them...

Bovidae is the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes such as sheep and...

the Sima de los Huesos site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): Mandibular dentition". The Anatomical Record. 307 (7): 2405–2407. doi:10.1002/ar.24840. ISSN 1932-8494...