Vertebrate paleobiodiversity of the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Angeac-Charente Lagerstätte (southwestern France): implications for continental faunal turnover at the J / K boundary
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Allain, Ronan
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Vullo, Romain
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Rozada, Lee
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Anquetin, Jérémy
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Bourgeais, Renaud
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Goedert, Jean
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Lasseron, Maxime
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Martin, Jeremy E.
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Pérez-García, Adán
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Fabrègues, Claire Peyre De
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Royo-Torres, Rafael
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Augier, Dominique
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Bailly, Gilles
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Geodiversitas
2022
2022-07-21
44
25
683
752
journal article
107849
10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a25
d0184974-bea3-4f97-a2f8-98887ec4f87e
1638-9395
6902033
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA12DCB7-A5BE-4763-B805-25087EBD726D
EUTRICONODONTA Kermack, Mussett & Rigney, 1973
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Fig. 32A, B, E, F
)
DESCRIPTION
Some mammalian teeth show a distinctive morphology comprising three main cusps placed serially in anteroposterior alignment on a transversely compressed crown (
Fig. 32A, B, E, F
). This cusp arrangement and general morphology is typical of eutriconodontans (Kielan-Jaworowska
et al.
2004). Orientation of these isolated teeth follows the criteria of
Godefroit & Battail (1997)
. The most convex side of the crown is considered to be the labial face, and the most concave the lingual face. Accessory cusps are usually more numerous or better developed on the distal side, and thus the side bearing the most developed and/or the most differentiated accessory cusps is considered to be distal. The distal inclination of the cusps, when present, also helps to distinguish the mesial and distal faces of the teeth.