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COILOPOCERATIDAE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonites of the family coilopoceratidae are] moderately to very involute, more or less compressed forms, either flat-sided with [a] flat venter that becomes narrowly round in adult or cordate or lanceolate in section with [a] flat venter; at some stage broad low rounded ribs spring in pairs from low umbilical tubercles or bulges. [The] suture [is] characterized by [a] very broad, shallow 1st lateral lobe divided by one or more accessory saddles. (...) "U. Cret. (L. Turon.-Coni.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Ammonites de la famille des coilopoceratidae ont des] oxycônes très amincis ventralement.

Spanish

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