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LEPOSPONDYLOUS [1 record]

Record 1 1977-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Evolution (Biology)
OBS

[This term refers to] vertebrae enclosing the notochord, that are constricted cylinders not unlike hour-glasses in shape, as in certain fossil batrachians.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
  • Évolution (Biologie)
CONT

Nettement séparées de tous les [autres] types [...], les structures vertébrales [de type] lépospondyle remontent aux plus obscures origines des tétrapodes et intéressent divers ordres d'amphibiens disparus et récents.

Spanish

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