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English: Molar teeth of Haldanodon exspectatus , a Late Jurassic docodont mammaliaform. Teeth are from the left side of the skull except for the upper left image, which is a right maxillary tooth. The teeth and are presented in occlusal view (left) and lingual/medial view (right), with the arrow indicating the anterior/mesial direction. In the occlusal view molars, lingual (tongue direction) is down and labial/buccal (cheek direction) is up. The upper molar (pink) is based on right M2 of specimen Gui Mam 30/79. The lower molar (blue) is based on m3 of specimen Gui Mam 6/82. Cusps are labelled according to the standard docodont labelling scheme established by Luo & Martin, 2007.

References:

  • Butler, P.M. (1997) "An alternative hypothesis on the origin of docodont molar teeth" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2): 435-439.
  • Luo, Z. & Martin, T. (2007) "Analysis of Molar Structure and Phylogeny of Docodont Genera" Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 39: 27-47.
  • Brinkkotter, J.J. (2018) "Molar dentition of the docodontan Haldanodon (Mammaliaformes) as functional analog to tribosphenic teeth" University of Bonn dissertation.
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