hypsodont
Ever-growing molar type
Hypsodont describes teeth with high crowns and short roots, adapted for grinding abrasive plant material.
The term applies especially to horses, cattle, and other grazing animals whose teeth must withstand constant wear from silica-rich grasses: Horses have hypsodont teeth that continue erupting throughout their lives.
The opposite is brachydont, describing low-crowned teeth like those of humans.
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- enamelHard glossy coating
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- cementumCalcified tooth root coating
- pulpSoft wet mass
dentine · tooth · molar · premolar · incisor · occlusion · dentition · mandible
Feeding on pasture
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- wearCarry on person
- silicaSilicon dioxide compound
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
grassland · savanna · steppe · prairie · forage · herbivory · diet · evolution
Domesticated riding animal
- zebraStriped African horse relative
- bisonLarge wild ox
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
- antelopeSwift horned grazer
wildebeest · giraffe · rhinoceros · elephant · kangaroo · rabbit · vole · capybara
Preserved ancient organism
- MiocenePre-Pliocene geological epoch
- PlioceneLate Neogene epoch
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
morphology · specimen · mammalian · isotope · stratigraphy
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
pulp · dentine · tooth · molar · premolar · incisor · occlusion · dentition · mandible · maxilla
grazing
Feeding on pasture
grit · grassland · savanna · steppe · prairie · forage · herbivory · diet · evolution · resistance
horse
Domesticated riding animal
antelope · wildebeest · giraffe · rhinoceros · elephant · kangaroo · rabbit · vole · capybara · ungulate
fossil
Preserved ancient organism
extinction · morphology · specimen · mammalian · isotope · stratigraphy
- teethteeth, incisors, incisor, canine, canines
- molarsmolars, molar, first molar, second molar, third molar