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CARDINAL FOSSULA [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

[The] cardinal fossula [is a] relatively prominent interseptal space developed in [the] position of [the] cardinal septum ...

CONT

The cardinal fossula is the rut that you see radiating from the center. It forms because the cardinal septum stops growing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

La fossule cardinale [est] habituellement sur le côté convexe du polypier [tétracoralliaire; elle est] toujours la plus développée et parfois la seule apparente, enfermant le septum cardinal et deux septa mineurs, et deux «fossules alaires», latérales.

Spanish

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