metacone in a sentence

Examples

1. The fourth upper premolar ( P4 ) has not been recorded, but there is a specimen of its cusps ( protocone, paracone, hypocone, and metacone ) and lophs or crests ( protoloph, mesoloph, metaloph, and posteroloph ), separated by synclines or valleys.
2. Features that are in common with the " Thylacinus " genus are the centrocrista is straight on the first upper molar, the angle of the crest at the paracone and metacone is wider than plesiomorphic thylacinidae and the loss of metaconid and further widening of the crests increasing the size of the talonid ( back half of the tooth ).