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with a lower central pillar that broadens inferiorly. dcs
worn; were apparently distended mesially with some
basal lingual swelling. dmls worn; exodaenodont
mesially; somewhat narrower b/l distally than mesially;
two roots very splayed. dml paracristid is cornered and
angled lingually toward metaconid; cristid and cusp sep-
arated by a notch. dm2s very worn, all five cusps
apparently peripherally placed; hypoconulid lies cen-
trally; trigonid basin moderate; two roots very splayed.
Mls somewhat worn; crown quite ovoid with finely
wrinkled enamel and peripherally placed cusps. Ml
metaconid is that tooth‘s tallest but least expansive cusp;
other four cusps subequal in size; hypoconulid centrally
placed. “Deflecting wrinkle” extends from metaconid;
meets a mesiolingual extension of hypoconid in center
of a broad, shallow trigonid basin. Thick paracristid
courses from protoconid to base of metaconid. Trigonid
“basin” thin m/d; sides of crown are slightly bulbous.
M2s seen in crypts look similar to Mls, but with well-
developed trigonid basins and very wrinkled enamel.
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