stylocone

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English

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Etymology

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From stylo- +‎ cone.

Noun

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stylocone (plural stylocones)

  1. (dentistry) A pyramidal lobe on a molar with a spiky projection.
  2. (paleontology) A spiky plate on an echinoderm.
    • 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:
      Stylophorans are divided into two orders the Cornuta and Ankyroida: cornutes have asymmetrical thecae, aulacophores with stylocones and cover plates over the food groove that open widely; ankyroids have essentially bilaterally symmetrical thecae, aulacophores with styloids and in most the cover plates do not open widely.