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AMMONOIDE [2 records]

Record 1 1984-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A subclass of the Cephalopoda] having external (?) shell divided by fluted septa, which in early forms are turned back, in advanced forms turned forward, at the siphuncle. Devonian-Cretaceous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Groupe de Céphalopodes dont] la protoconque est calcaire et généralement bien conservée; les cloisons sont, chez le jeune, convexes vers l'ouverture; les lignes de sutures des cloisons sont simples chez les formes primitives, très complexes chez les formes évoluées [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

... resembling an ammonite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Qui ressemble à une ammonite.

Spanish

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