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Describing the original placental molars that have a talonid in the lower molar teeth, where the protocone of the upper teeth hits. Definied by George Gaylord Simpson in 1936.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
Combining form from Ancient Greek τριβεo (tribeo, “rub, grind or pound”) and Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).
