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The large gap between the hard palate and cheek teeth acts as a pocket for holding food items while browsing, and for manipulating cud.
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Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Based on the moderate wear of its cheek teeth, the fossil likely belonged to a rhino in early to mid-adulthood.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
While griffins in art are toothless or have the jaws of carnivores, Protoceratops was an herbivore with a dense pack of cheek teeth behind its beak.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
Both jaws had a third premolar, or cheek tooth, that’s only present in 2 to 6 percent of all Smilodon specimens.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021
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Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Based on the moderate wear of its cheek teeth, the fossil likely belonged to a rhino in early to mid-adulthood.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
While griffins in art are toothless or have the jaws of carnivores, Protoceratops was an herbivore with a dense pack of cheek teeth behind its beak.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
Both jaws had a third premolar, or cheek tooth, that’s only present in 2 to 6 percent of all Smilodon specimens.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021
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“Cheek tooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheek%20tooth. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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