In these respects, TNM 02067 does resemble gondwanatheres in the family Sudamericidae, and Krause and colleagues tentatively identified it as representing that family, primarily on the basis of its hypsodont teeth.
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No multituberculates are known to have had hypsodont teeth, none has more than two molariform ( molar-like ) teeth in a single toothrow, and most have large, blade-like teeth.
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Unlike the hypsodont ( high-crowned ) sudamericids, " Ferugliotherium " has brachydont ( low-crowned ) molariform teeth that are supported by at least two roots, not a single massive root.
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They share high-crowned ( hypsodont ) molars and several simplifications of molar morphology, as well as other features that cannot be assessed in " Carletonomys ", which indicate specializations towards a semiaquatic lifestyle.
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Combined with hypsodont cheek teeth with much cement and strong enamel plication, the slender distal limb bones of " E . caucasicum " indicate that it is cursorial and dwells in an open steppe as a typical grazer.
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The cheek teeth are unique as they are both flat-crowned and high crowned ( hypsodont ), setting " Eupetaurus " apart from other squirrels and suggesting that it feeds on very abrasive plant material, including pine needles.
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Elasmotherium, also known as the giant rhinoceros, survived through the middle Pleistocene : it was two meters tall, five meters long and weighed around five tons, with a single enormous horn, hypsodont teeth and long legs for running.
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Notohippidae was also present during the Casamayoran but tend to have more hypsodont cheek teeth than isotemnids . " Pampahippus ", one of the earliest genera in this family was, nevertheless, low-crowned with densely packed cheek teeth.
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The hypsodont ( high-crowned ) teeth of sudamericids like " Bharattherium " are reminiscent of later grazing mammals, and the discovery of grass in Indian fossil sites contemporaneous with those yielding " Bharattherium " suggest that sudamericids were indeed grazers.
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In 1938, H . E . Wood, a Rhinocerotid tooth specialist, pointed out that interproximal wear, or loss of tooth surface between teeth, due to abrasion during mastication, of " Elasmotherium " is similar to that of the white rhinoceros, the only remaining Rhinocerotid grazer, which has hypsodont teeth.
