298 A F R I c x
enamel crenulated. As preserved in M2 and M3, thick
paracristid encloses narrow, distinct trigonid basin.
Isolated Teeth
Rdml: very worn; metacone and hypocone distinct
and small. Ldml: very worn, with parastyle and small,
distinct metacone. Ldm2: somewhat wrinkled enamel,
square, large hypocone, peripherally placed and some-
what compressed buccal cusps. Upper LM, probably
M1: crown worn down past neck. RMl (or probably
M2): somewhat squarish, very worn, distended in pro-
tocone region, large. Fragment of upper molar, with
large hypocone and rather wrinkled enamel. LI: diver-
gent straight sides, somewhat worn, nondiagnostic.
Probable FU1: straight divergent sided, nondiagnostic.
Lower probable LC,: very worn, huge.
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