Meaning of acrodont | Babel Free

Definitions

Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.

not-comparable

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Examples

“Pleurodont lizards are such as have⟳ the teeth attached by their sides {148} to the inner surface of the jaw, in contradistinction to acrodont lizards, which have⟳ the bases of their teeth anchylosed to the summit of the margin of the jaw.”

“The known skeletal remains of Longisquama lack any other diagnostic archosaurian characters [the furcula mentioned by Jones et al. consists of paired clavicles, as Sharov originally noted], but they exhibit two features, acrodont teeth and an interclavicle ( 3 ), that are typical of lepidosaurs.”

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