Supplemental note on a double-rooted tooth from the Purbeck beds in the British Museum / by H.G. Seeley.

  • Harry Govier Seeley
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Supplemental note on a double-rooted tooth from the Purbeck beds in the British Museum / by H.G. Seeley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    cynodontldee the canine is said to liave two roots, and the character is recognized in the genera Diplocynodon, Docodon, Euneodon; and in the Spalacotheridse Menacodon is said to have two roots to the canine. In all these forms no further evidence is available from Professor Marsh’s figures of a divided root, than the appearance of division at the base of the crown. Professor Osborn has also affirmed the division of the root of the canine in an English genus, of which examples are preserved in the British Museum. First, with regard to the genus Kurtodon the side of the tooth is stated to show “ a faint median groove which may indicate a double fang ” Miixillary canine of Triconodon ferax. Enlarged 10 times . [root]. Secondly, there is a portion of the jaw of Trico^ nodon fei-ox, whicli Professor Osborn describes, and he statey that it shows “ as an important character the bifanged uppeij