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precingula

precingula

English

Noun

precingula

  1. plural of precingulum
    • 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135698:
      Amphicones of M 1 and M 2 incompletely fused; apices of paracone and metacone distinctly separate; cingulum well developed on molars and premolars; M 1 , M 2 , and DP 4 showing well-developed precingula with many cuspules.