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OPISTHOPARIAN SUTURE [4 records]

Record 1 1977-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A cedariiform suture is an] opisthoparian suture in which posterior sections run outward across the lateral border furrow before curving backward and inward to [the] posterior margin,... [in certain trilobites]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Dans le type pseudoproparial [...], en l'absence des joues libres la suture [semble] couper le bord céphalique [d'un trilobite] en avant de l'angle génal, mais elle est en réalité opisthopariale [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A metaparian suture is a] nonfunctional opisthoparian suture in [a] state of complete symphysis in which [a] trace of [the] fused anterior section on [the] dorsal surface of [the] cephalon curves outward and backward from [the] eye, cutting [the] posterior margin inside [the] genal angle, as in some [trilobites of the family] Olenellidae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Dans le type "métaparial" (...) [la suture part du bord postérieur du céphalon en un point situé] près de l'angle génal, à la base interne des pointes génales (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[An opisthoparian suture is a trilobite] facial suture with posterior sections cutting the posterior margin of [the] cephalon inside [the] genal angle, which is carried by [the] librigena.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Le tracé de la branche postérieure [de la suture faciale d'un trilobite] est non moins variable. [Lorsqu'elle part du bord postérieur de céphalon en un certain point] situé entre le sillon dorsal et la pointe génale (ou l'angle génal quand cette dernière manque), la suture est dite «opisthopariale» [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is an] opisthoparian suture in which [the] anterior section is directed outward and frontward to [the] margin, and then marginally or along doublure(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Suivant l'allure de son tracé, la branche antérieure [d'une suture faciale de trilobite] appartient à l'un des types suivants (...): a) type "ptychopariforme" (...): la branche antérieure rencontre le bord céphalique en un point (...) souvent situé en face des yeux, puis se continue le long du bord frontal, soit marginalement, soit sur la doublure (...)

Spanish

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