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. 2014 Feb 26;9(2):e89739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089739

Table 7. Ocepeia daouiensis, main derived features of the dentition (with presumed rank of apomorphy; * anthropoid-like feature).

Feature description Taxonomic rank K # in matrix
Lower molars: Entolophid incipient Paenungulata 34–1
Upper molars: Mesostyle well-developed in M1-3 Paenungulata 98–1
Upper molars: Mesostyle labial Paenungulata 99–2
Upper molars: Ectoloph selenodont, centrocrista linked to mesostyle Paenungulata 101–2
M1<M2<M3 ?Paenungulata 111–1
I3 vestigial Proboscidea or autapomorphy 7–1
No diastema between C1 and P3 Autapomorphy* 10–0 1(r), 69–1 (r)
P1-2 absent Autapomorphy* 11–3, 13–3, 72–1; 74–1
Lower molars: Hypoconulid reduced and lingual in M1-2 Autapomorphy 41–1, 42–1
I2 enlarged Proboscidea or autapomorphy 67–1
C1 stout and anthropoid-like (lingual cingulum, asymmetrical labio-lingual profile) Autapomorphy* -
Lower molars: Protoconid and hypoconid selenodont-like with semi-lunar wear facets Autapomorphy -
Upper cheek teeth more or less homodont Autapomorphy -
Lower incisors compressed with root wide and short Autapomorphy* -
Dentition megadont Autapomorphy*? -
Upper molars: weak lingual cingulum, continuous around the protocone Autapomorphy? -
Lower molars: Paraconid median in M3 ? -
Molars bunodont ? (“ungulates”) 25–1, 88–1

Numbers refer to those of the matrix that is analyzed in this work (see Text S1, part II).