paleodont

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Etymology

From paleo- +‎ -odont.

Noun

paleodont (plural paleodonts)

  1. An artiodactyl belonging to the suborder Paleodonta.
    • 1960, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology:
      Artiodactyls first appear in the fossil record in the Eocene as small generalized creatures scarcely distinguishable from primitive insectivores or early carnivores. These were the paleodonts […]
    • 1972, John Gilbert, Africa: Hunters and Hunted of the Savannah, page 119:
      Another family, the Entelodontidae, flourished during the Oligocene and Miocene; they also were pig-like but somewhat larger than the paleodonts, with strong canine teeth and two toes on each foot. They disappeared during the Pliocene.
    • 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 7, page 574:
      The paleodonts had intermediate types of teeth. Primitive suines appeared in the Eocene.
    • 2003, Robert E. Krebs, Carolyn A. Krebs, Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and, page 19:
      Wild and domesticated pigs are members of the paleodont artiodactyl family called Suidae, which is presumably the source of the popular hog-calling term "sooey."

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