preentocristid

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ entocristid.

Noun

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preentocristid

  1. An anterior entocristid.
    • 1985 January-February, S. J. Hand, “New Miocene Megadermatids (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) From Australia with Comments on Megadermatid Phylogentics”, in Australian Mammal Society, volume 8, number 1, page 15:
      The entoconid has a prominent preentocristid that extends anteriorly to the base of the metaconid where it just meets the posterior end of a distinct but narrow almost vertical crest that ascends the posterolingual flank of the metaconid.