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Record 1 1977-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The term] palintrope [was] initially used for [the] morphologically posterior sector of either valve [of some brachiopod shells] which was reflexed to grow anteriorly (mixoperipheral growth); more recently used for [the] curved surface of a shell, bounded by beak ridges and cardinal margin of nonstrophic shells (differs from planarea in being curved in all directions) (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Pour les coquilles [de brachiopodes] rostrées (...) on parle de palintrope (...) quand la surface est (...) courbe.

Spanish

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