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AMMONITINA [1 record]

Record 1 1977-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonites of the suborder ammonitina are] normally coiled derivatives of phylloceratina and lytoceratina, in which [a] thick test and strong ornament are characteristic, though by no means universal. Sutures [are] only very rarely with bifid lobes or phylloid saddle endings (...) "L.Jur.-U-Cret.", worldwide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les ammonites du sous-ordre des ammonitina ont une] taille parfois très grande, [un] test rarement mince, [une] extrême variabilité de forme et d'ornementation; [une] suture pouvant être à la fois, formée d'éléments nombreux et persillée; éléments auxiliaires parfois nombreux.

Spanish

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