. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ODONTOLOGY OF OREOPITHECUS 15 splayed apart, so that their tips are situated quite near the edges of the crown (Text-fig. 6). (2) Cingulum strongly developed. In the remaining genera it is reduced to various degrees or even absent. When present the cingulum nearly always passes round the lingual side of the protocone in Pongidae, whereas in Oreopithecus it is interrupted there. (3) Protoconule, when present, situated at the middle of the anterior border of the crown. Correlated with this, the fovea anterior is s
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ODONTOLOGY OF OREOPITHECUS 15 splayed apart, so that their tips are situated quite near the edges of the crown (Text-fig. 6). (2) Cingulum strongly developed. In the remaining genera it is reduced to various degrees or even absent. When present the cingulum nearly always passes round the lingual side of the protocone in Pongidae, whereas in Oreopithecus it is interrupted there. (3) Protoconule, when present, situated at the middle of the anterior border of the crown. Correlated with this, the fovea anterior is small and situated entirely on the buccal half of the tooth. This character occurs also in Sivapithecus. In Hemiacodon Proconsul Gorilla Australopithecus. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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