paleodontとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

paleo- +‎ -odont

名詞

paleodont (複数形 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."