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  • hammer = wide blade, front convex + central notch
    D1 moderately large, erect
    teeth smooth
    pelvics: rear edge straight
    externally = S. lewini
  • hammer = wide blade, front convex + central notch
    D1 moderately large, erect
    teeth smooth
    pelvics: rear edge straight
  • hammer = angular mallet, + center notch
    snout length ~ 1/3 hammer width
    teeth smooth, top = oblique blades, bottom straight
    A: rear edge concave
  • hammer = wide blade, front straight + slight center notch
    D1 very tall, pointed, curved
    teeth serrated
    pelvics - rear edge v concave
  • hammer narrow, front semicircular, no indentations
    front teeth sharp, rear teeth molars
  • hammer = broad mallet, deep notch at center front
    small eyes
    D1 high, erect, free rear tip to over/behind pelvic origin
    yellow to orange
    teeth smooth, top oblique, bottom straight
  • hammer: wide, center convex (no notch)
    D1 moderately large, erect
    teeth oblique, weakly serrated, similar both jaws
    D2 & pelvics small
    pelvics not notched