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Record 1 1977-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] family Pentameridae [are] smooth, costate, costellate, granulose, or pitted, with or without interareas and generally have strongly biconvex shells. [A] pedicle spondylium [is] well developed, commonly supported at least in part by [a] septum. Brachial processes [are] supported by well-developed plates which in some genera are parallel and discrete, and in others uniting to form [a] cruralium; in both types [the] brachial apparatus [is] long, extending forward far enough to enclose [the] muscle area; brachial processes [are] rodlike or bladelike. U. Ord.-U. Dev.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] famille des Pentameridae [ont un] spondylium généralement duplex, parfois libre; [des] cardinalia dorsales tripartites; en général [ils ont un] delthyrium ouvert, parfois un deltidium concave.

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