Galerix symeonidisi DOUKAS , 1986

Galerix symeonidisi DOUKAS, 1986

Text-fig. 5f–g

S t u d i e d m a t e r i a l a n d m e a s u r e m e n t s. MWQ2/2003: one right P3 (Pal. 3525: 1.44×1.2×1.43); one left M1 (Pal. 3517: 2.21×2.36×2.72).

D e s c r i p t i o n. P3. The tooth is trapezoidal with two well-developed lingual cusps. The protocone is placed slightly anteriorly to the robust paracone. There is a low anterior cingulum running from the protocone to the base of the paracone. The hypocone is somewhat larger and placed more lingually than the protocone ( Text-fig. 5f). The posterior cingulum runs from the posterior side of the hypocone towards the posterior edge of the tooth, where it ends in a well-marked crest departing from the paracone.

M1. The protocone is directly connected to the paracone by the preprotocrista. The postprotocrista and prehypocrista are broad and fused in a single loph. A thin and low crest connects this loph to the well-developed metaconule ( Text-fig. 5g). The premetaconule crest reaches the base of the metacone, whereas the postmetaconule crest runs along the lingual side of the metacone and ends freely before the cingulum. The postmetacrista runs posterolabially, but does not end into a cusp-like metastyle. The paracone is connected to both the hypocone and the metaconule by a broad loph. An incipient posthypocrista is visible ( Text-fig. 5g).