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PROCESSUS CARDINAL [1 record]

Record 1 1977-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The] cardinal process [is a] blade or variably shaped boss of secondary shell situated medially in [the] posterior end of [the] brachial valve and serving for separation or attachment of diductor muscles (...) [in brachiopods]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Une apophyse plus ou moins développée de la valve dorsale [d'un brachiopode], venant se loger entre les dents de la valve ventrale, forme le processus cardinal (...)

Spanish

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