precingulid

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ cingulid.

Noun

precingulid (plural precingulids)

1. A small ridge that leads to a cingulid
2. A thin ridge on the mesial aspect of lower molar crowns; sometimes continuous with the ectocingulid
   • 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The presence of a slight precingulid indicates the probable presence of a small paraconid.