Table 2. Values of functional and topographic crown descriptors for the left first upper molar of each taxa.
Taxa | cusp interlocking | CD (N) | Dental plans | K | O | H |
Acomys dimidiatus | YES | 0,0 (2) | murine | −0,196 | 4,75 | 0,423 |
Apodemus dominans | YES | −0,2 (3) | murine | −0,767 | 7,25 | 0,423 |
Atavocricetodon huberi | YES | 68,3 (2) | cricetine | −0,332 | 69 | 0,436 |
Cricetodon albanensis | YES | 69,4 (11) | cricetine | −0,578 | 45,8 | 0,427 |
Cricetomys sp. | NO | 1,2 (2) | murine | −1,09 | 19,8 | 0,492 |
Democricetodon sp. | YES | 61,2 (4) | cricetine | −0,425 | 60,3 | 0,435 |
Dendromus sp.1 | YES | 2,1 (3) | intermediary | −0,265 | 15,3 | 0,351 |
Dendromus sp.3 | YES | 3,8 (3) | intermediary | −0,491 | 6,75 | 0,376 |
Deomys ferrugineus | YES | 1,1 (3) | intermediary | −0,471 | 2,5 | 0,430 |
Eucricetodon hesperius | YES | 64,2 (2) | cricetine | 0,065 | 64 | 0,447 |
Gerbillus dasyurus | NO | 0,0 (1) | cricetine | −1,19 | 14 | 0,418 |
Hispanomys castelnovi | YES | 70,7 (5) | cricetine | −0,777 | 47,3 | 0,415 |
Megacricetodon aunayi | YES | 49,0 (1) | cricetine | −0,244 | 62 | 0,373 |
Megacricetodon tautavel. | YES | 38,0 (1) | cricetine | −0,485 | 49,3 | 0,460 |
Mesocricetus auratus | YES | 69,1 (1) | cricetine | −0,86 | 72,8 | 0,411 |
Microtus duodecimcostatus | NO | −1,0 (2) | cricetine | −1,1 | 14 | 1,261 |
Mus muscuslus | YES | 0,0 (1) | murine | −0,397 | 11,3 | 0,360 |
Myocricetodon irhoudi | YES | 27,0 (1) | cricetine | −0,256 | 31 | 0,381 |
Myocricetodon ouedi | YES | 2,5 (3) | cricetine | −0,637 | 30,3 | 0,387 |
Myocricetodon parvus int. | YES | 45,6 (3) | intermediary | −0,247 | 37,5 | 0,351 |
Mystromys sp. | YES | 71,5 (2) | cricetine | −0,507 | 47 | 0,480 |
Peromyscus yucatanicus | YES | 50,0 (1) | cricetine | −0,678 | 46,5 | 0,444 |
Preacomys sp. | YES | 1,1 (1) | murine | −0,153 | 7 | 0,377 |
Progonomys cathalai | YES | −3,0 (3) | murine | −0,386 | 1,25 | 0,403 |
Progonomys clauzoni | YES | −1,0 (1) | murine | 0,112 | −3 | 0,450 |
Rotundomys montisrotundi | NO | 33,0 (4) | cricetine | −0,93 | 42 | 0,430 |
Ruscinomys schaubi | YES | 59,7 (25) | cricetine | −0,572 | 42,8 | 0,605 |
CD: chewing direction value in degrees (with N the number of measured individuals); K: kurtosis of the crow slope distribution. O: average cusp lowest slope orientation value in degrees. H: hypsodonty index. Cusp interlocking is inferred from the observation of wear facets. Cusp interlocking is associated with discontinuous wear facets.