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INOCERAMUS [2 records]

Record 1 1978-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Where this layer is thick, as in some Cretaceous clams, like Inoceramus, it may have a decidedly fibrous appearance; and in weathering, the shell may disintegrate into fine needle-like fragments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Mollusque bivalve fossile du Jurassique et du Crétacé à la coquille arrondie, parfois très grande, ornée de sillons concentriques.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A genus of large filibranchiate bivalve mollusks (suborder Mytilacea) esp. characteristic of the Cretaceous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Mollusques bivalves fossiles à la coquille arrondie, parfois très grande ornée de sillons concentriques et caractéristique des périodes jurassique et surtout crétacée. (Famille des permides).

Spanish

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