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CRURAL PROCESS [9 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-04-23
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- crural process
1, record 1, English, crural%20process
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- crural point 1, record 1, English, crural%20point
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[A] crural process [is the] Pointed portion of [the] crus [of a brachiopod] directed obliquely inward and ventrally... 1, record 1, English, - crural%20process
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- pointe crurale
1, record 1, French, pointe%20crurale
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- point crural 1, record 1, French, point%20crural
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Une pointe crurale est une de] deux pointes crurales transversales, convergentes vers le plan de symétrie [...] [présentées par les crura d'un brachiopode] 1, record 1, French, - pointe%20crurale
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-07-04
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Bornhardtininae
1, record 2, English, Bornhardtininae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Brachiopods of the] subfamily Bornhardtininae(...) [are] large, strongly asymmetrical; [the] ventral beak [is] large and conspicuous; hinge plates [are] discrete, not supported by crural plates; [a] cardinal process and median septa [are] lacking. "M. Dev. ". 1, record 2, English, - Bornhardtininae
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- Bornhardtininae
1, record 2, French, Bornhardtininae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes de la] sous-famille des Bornhardtininae (...) [sont] asymétriques (...); [ils ont un] delthyrium largement ouvert; [et n'ont] pas de septa médians./ Dévonien (...) 1, record 2, French, - Bornhardtininae
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1977-07-04
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- stringocephalinae
1, record 3, English, stringocephalinae
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Brachiopods of the] subfamily Stringocephalinae [are] large, slightly asymmetrical; [the] ventral beak [is] large, conspicuous; [the] deltidial plates [are] conjunct; [the] pedicle foramen [is] hypothyridid; [the] cardinal process and median septa [are] present; crural plates are present and well developed or suppressed "M. Dev. ". 1, record 3, English, - stringocephalinae
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- Stringocephalinae
1, record 3, French, Stringocephalinae
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes de la] sous-famille des Stringocephalinae [ont un] crochet saillant; [des] plaques deltidiales réunies chez l'adulte; [un] septum médian aux deux valves; [un] processus cardinal bifide à l'extrémité de la valve dorsale. Dévonien moyen (...) 1, record 3, French, - Stringocephalinae
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1977-07-04
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- Mutationellinae
1, record 4, English, Mutationellinae
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Brachiopods of the] Subfamily Mutationellinae(...) [are] small to moderate-sized, entirely or partially radially ornamented; deltidial plates [are] discrete or conjunct; [the] pedicle foramen [is] mesothyridid to submesothyridid; dental plates [are] short to obsolete; hinge plates normally [are] joined anteriorly forming [a] perforate cardinal plate but discrete or imperforate in some shells; [a] cardinal process may be present but crural plates [are] absent; [the] loop [is] extremely variable but apparently primitively centronelliform. "L. Dev.-M. Dev. " 1, record 4, English, - Mutationellinae
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- Mutationellinae
1, record 4, French, Mutationellinae
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes de la] sous-famille des Mutationellinae (...) [ont une] ornementation radiale plus ou moins complète; [et des] plaques deltidiales distinctes ou, le plus souvent, réunies antérieurement. 1, record 4, French, - Mutationellinae
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1977-07-04
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- Rensselandiinae
1, record 5, English, Rensselandiinae
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Brachiopods of the] subfamily Rensselandiinae(...) [are] moderate-sized to large, symmetrical; [the] deltidial plates [are] discrete; [the] ventral palintrope and beak [are] relatively inconspicuous; [the] cardinal process and median septa [are] absent; hinge plates [are] discrete and(...) unsupported by crural plates. "M. Dev. " 1, record 5, English, - Rensselandiinae
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- Rensselandiinae
1, record 5, French, Rensselandiinae
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes de la] sous-famille des Rensselandiinae (...) [sont] symétriques; [Les] plaques de Hidiales [sont] séparées à tous les âges; [ils n'ont] pas de septa médians. 1, record 5, French, - Rensselandiinae
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1977-06-29
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- Camarotoechiinae
1, record 6, English, Camarotoechiinae
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Brachiopods of the] subfamily Camarotoechiinae [have] costae with [a] tendency to obliterate, especially on [the] flanks. [They have] crural bases [that are] slightly projecting ventrally, enclosing [a] small median groove or [a] shallow septalium; [the] cardinal process [is] absent. "?L. Sil., U. Sil.-Perm. " 1, record 6, English, - Camarotoechiinae
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- Camarotoechiinae
1, record 6, French, Camarotoechiinae
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes de la] sous-famille des Camarotoechiinae [sont des] rhynchonelles du primaire, sans processus cardinal (...). Certains [genres] ont un septum dorsal bien développé. 1, record 6, French, - Camarotoechiinae
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1977-06-29
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- Spiriferacea
1, record 7, English, Spiriferacea
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Brachiopods of the] superfamily spiriferacea [have a] shell form [that is] variable but generally rather transverse with either angular or narrowly rounded cardinal extremities and [a] hinge line equal to or slightly less than [the] maximum width; lateral slopes [are] invariably costate or plicate; [a] fold and sulcus [is] generally present, tending to be bald in earlier forms, costate or plicate in later ones; [the] pedicle valve interior [is] with or without dental plates, commonly without [a] median septum; [the] brachial valve interior [has a] striate cardinal process, [and is] with or without crural plates; [the] shell substance [is] generally impunctate. "L. Sil.-U. Perm. ". 1, record 7, English, - Spiriferacea
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- Spiriferacea
1, record 7, French, Spiriferacea
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes de la] super-famille des spiriferacea [ont des] crura en continuation directe avec les lamelles primaires qui sont entre les spires brachiales. 1, record 7, French, - Spiriferacea
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1977-06-23
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- Orthidae
1, record 8, English, Orthidae
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Brachiopods of the] family Orthidae(...) [have the following] characteristics : the] interareas and hinge lines [are] of variable length, [the] delthyrium [is] open, [the] notothyrium rarely covered by [a] chilidium; [the] teeth [have] crural fossettes, [the] dental plates [are] variably disposed, [the] ventral muscle field [is] short, not extending much beyond [the] umbonal cavity, commonly suboval, [the] median adductor scars [are] not enclosed by diductors; [the] cardinal process [is] simple, ridgelike, [the] brachiophores [are] rodlike, unsupported; [the] ventral mantle canal system [is] saccate, [the] dorsal mantle canal system [is] saccate to digitate. M. Cam.-L. Dev. 1, record 8, English, - Orthidae
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- Orthidae
1, record 8, French, Orthidae
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes de la] famille des Orthidae (...) [ont le] delthyrium largement ouvert. [Le] processus cardinal [est] bien développé; [l'] aréa musculaire [est] ventrale, petite, ovale ou cordée; [les] empreintes ovariennes [sont] subréniformes (...). Cambrien moyen à la fin du Silurien. 1, record 8, French, - Orthidae
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1977-06-21
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- orthacea
1, record 9, English, orthacea
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Articulate brachiopods of the] Superfamily Orthacea(...) [have an] open delthyrium, rarely constricted by deltidial plates or [a] deltidium, [a] chilidium [is] rare; teeth [are] simple, commonly with deep crural fossettes and supported by dental plates; [the] ventral muscle field [is] rarely supported by [a] spondylium [the] cardinal process [is] simple or differentiated, rarely absent; sockets [are] simple or defined by fulcral plates, brachiophores [are] commonly rodlike, less commonly with supporting bases convergent or divergent on [the] floor of [the] brachial valve; [the] ventral mantle canal system [is] commonly saccate, with [the] proximal parts of "vascula media" convergent or divergent on to [the] median plane, [the] dorsal mantle canal system [is] commonly digitate, rarely apocopate. [The] Shell substance [is] impunctate. L. Cam.-U. Dev. 1, record 9, English, - orthacea
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- orthacea
1, record 9, French, orthacea
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Brachiopodes articulés de la] Super-famille des Orthacea (...) [ont un] Pédoncule toujours fonctionnel; [le] pseudodeltidium et [le] chilidium chez les premières formes disparaissant ensuite; [le] processus ensuite cardinal en général [est] bien développé; [cette] super-famille [était] très abondante durant tout le Paléozoïque. 1, record 9, French, - orthacea
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
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