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Show 34 TEETH OF UPPER JAW Mephitis The tooth formula for j, and molars. chisel-shaped The incisors with the beveled t, are wider at the occlusal edge than at the mediolaterally, is an cingulum occlusal edge, rounded posteriorly anteriorly and extending from_ The second tip edge and the premolar. the anterior present. with the and From an The canine is directed a sharpened edge cingulum. the smallest tooth in the upper jaw, vestigial parastyle and metastyle. a medially. protocone The third is half as. The anterior border bears lingual a it extends farther laterally, caudal border has to the is directed than the second, fourth The premolar, prominent protocone It has The cranial surface is flattened from contact laterally. the rounded more The third incisor anterior, medial and posterior borders, than the first and second. with the lower canine. occlusal The second incisor is farther dorsad. Viewed enlarged cingulum. The cingulum. of the incisors and is somewhat caniniform. largest pointed and and the The The first incisor is convex. smaller than the first and its labial side is slightly premolars and edges directed caudoventrally. occlusal edge is flattened in adult specimens. is i, canines strongly prognathus are anterior surfaces of the incisors craniomedially is incisors Mephitis border of the cingulum. occlusal view, the fourth carnassial shear on a premolar long as is has a The larger that of the small basal cusp on A small talon is premolar is triangular the buccal border between the protocone |
