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Record 1 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Order Sauropterygia Suborder Nothosauria... F. Pachypleurosauridae, Anarosaurus, Dactylosaurus, Neusticosaurus, Pachypleurosaurus, Phygosaurus, Psilotrachelosaurus, M. Trias. Eu.

OBS

F=Family; M. Trias=Middle Triassic; Eu=Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Reptile sauroptérygien, voisin du plésiosaure, mais de plus petite taille, fossile dans le Trias.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
  • Chronology
DEF

Certain fossiliferous shales and limestones of the Upper Trias of Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
  • Chronologie
DEF

Partie inférieure du Lias (étages héttangien et rhétien).

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

The first period of the Mesozoic era after the Permian of the Paleozoic era, and before the Jurassic ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Période géologique la plus reculée de l'ère secondaire où se sont déposées ces roches et qui précède le jurassique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
OBS

upper: Pertaining to rocks or strata that are normally above those of earlier formations of a chronostratigraphic unit (system, series, stage) to indicate position in the geologic column and corresponds to "late" as applied to the name of the equivalent geologic-time unit ... The initial letter of the term is capitalized to indicate a formal subdivision ... and is lowercased to indicate an informal subdivision ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
CONT

Group of plant-eaters called the Dicynodontia(Greek :’two dog teeth’), abundant and widely distributed in the Upper Permian and most of the Trias.

OBS

dicynodontia: plural term not used in the singular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
DEF

Reptiles mammaliens herbivores.

OBS

dicynodontes : pluriel d'usage (terme collectif).

Key term(s)
  • dicynodonte

Spanish

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Record 6 1978-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Class Mammalia. Subclass Anapsida. Order Cotylosauria. Suborder Diadectomorpha. F. Procolophonidae.(...) Telerpeton M. Trias. Eu.(...)

OBS

M.=Middle, Trias.=Triassic, Eu.=Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Reptile de l'ordre éteint des cotylosauriens, dont le squelette a été trouvé dans le Trias d'Elgin, en Écosse.

Spanish

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Record 7 1978-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Spiriferina d’Orbigny, 1847(...) Shell small to medium-sized; equidimensional to moderately transverse; cardinal extremities rounded;(...) Trias.-L. Jur., cosmop.

OBS

Trias.=Triassic; L.=Late; Jur.=Jurassic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Brachiopode fossile de la famille des spiriféridés, différant du genre type par son test ponctué et par sa ligne cardinale courbe. (Il abonde dans le Lias).

Spanish

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Record 8 1978-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[An ammonite genus having] Venter with marginal keels, umbilical shoulder sharp, conch involute. M. Trias.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Ammonite du Trias alpin, à coquille plate, discoïde, à ombilic étroit et ligne suturale fort simple.

Spanish

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Record 9 1978-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

A genus(the type of the family Placodontidae of the suborder Placodontia) comprising rather large extinct reptiles from the marine Trias of central Europe(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Reptile fossile, type du groupe des placodontes.

Spanish

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Record 10 1978-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) a large genus(...) of extinct sharks existing from the Trias to the Lower Cretaceous(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Squale à dents rugueuses, striées, avec une saillie principale arrondie. Fossile depuis le Trias jusqu'au Crétacé inférieur (...)

Spanish

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Record 11 1978-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Dominant in the early Triassic were the therapsids. Dicynodonts were still flourishing but restricted in variety; notable were large types such as Kannemeyeria, and a small amphibious genus, Lystrosaurus, widely distributed in the early Trias.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Reptile théromorphe, du groupe des anomodontes, au crâne de forme singulière, ayant une paire de défenses à la mâchoire supérieure. (Fossile dans le Trias de l'Afrique du Sud).

Spanish

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Record 12 1978-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Class Reptilia. Subclass Synaptosauria. Order Sauropterygia. Suborder Nothosauria. F. Nothosauridae(...) Lariosaurus(...) M.-U. Trias. Eu.(...)

OBS

M.=Middle; U.-Upper, Trias.=Triassic; Eu.=Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Reptile fossile de l'ordre des sauroptérygiens, ayant un corps de lézard avec un long cou, une longue queue et des membres adaptés à la vie aquatique. (Ces animaux, dont les dimensions varient entre 20 et 90 cm, ont laissé leurs squelettes dans le Trias de la Lombardie et du Wurtemburg).

Spanish

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Record 13 1978-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Fossil marsupials found in strata from the Trias to the Eocene in both Europe and America. They had one pair of large rodent-like incisors in the lower jaw and the other teeth were sharp and tuberculated. They are included in the group Allotheria, considered to be intermediate between Monotremes and Marsupials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Apparus au jurassique. Ont des molaires antérieures (prémolaires) à couronne coupante et striée latéralement, et des molaires postérieures à 2 rangées de tubercules.

Spanish

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Record 14 1977-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Foraminifers of the family Ceratobuliminidae have a] test [that is] trochospiral, [the] wall [is] calcareous, perforate, of aragonite; [the] primary aperture [is] closed when new chambers [are] added and new foramen opened by resorption above [the] internal partition. "?Trias., Jur.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Foraminifères de la famille des Ceratobuliminidae ont un] enroulement typiquement trochospiralé; les loges sont divisées en deux compartiments, qui communiquent entre eux par un espace ménagé entre le plan de subdivision interne et la face spirale; (...)

Spanish

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Record 15 1977-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Forams of the family spirillinidae have a] proloculus followed by [a] nonseptate enrolled tubular second chamber which may be septate in lower stages, becoming biserial and may develop annular chambers; [the] wall(...) consists optically of [a] single crystal of calate. "?Trias., Jur.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les foraminifères de la famille des spirillinidae ont un] test calcaire perforé, mais assez spécial: souvent un seul cristal ou plusieurs grands cristaux aux limites irrégulières, ou encore irrégulièrement fibreux avec des perforations au tracé anguleux et irrégulièrement distribuées (...); un proloculum suivit d'une loge tubulaire soit plani- soit trochospiralée; l'ouverture est à l'extrémité de cette loge ou localisée sur la face ombilicale du test.

Spanish

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Record 16 1977-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonites of the superfamily pinacocerataceae are] evolute to involute, generally smooth, compressed [forms. The] suture [is] ammonitic, with adventitious and auxiliary elements, reaching [the] acme of ammonite sutural specialization in some genera(...) "L. Trias.-U. Trias".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Ammonites de la super-famille des pinacocerataceae ont une] coquille discoïde, étroitement ombiliquée; [des] tours élevés, lisses ou peu ornés. [La] loge d'habitation [est] courte. [Mésotrias-Néotrias]

Spanish

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Record 17 1977-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonites of the superfamily ptychitaceae are] typically involute, subglobular to discoidal descendants of L. Triassic paranannitids, with globose inner whorls. [The] suture [is] ammonitic but including some forms with ceratitic or goniatitic sutures. Conch [is] smooth with lateral folds or strigations(...). "M. Trias.-U. Trias".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Ammonites de la super-famille des ptychitaceae sont des] formes involutes, étroitement ombiliquées, subdiscoide, [avec des] sutures légèrement ammonitiques.

Spanish

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Record 18 1977-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonoids of the family Ophiceratidae have serpenticones with compressed elliptical whorl sections :[the] venter is usually rounded; ornamentation [is] usually weakly developed. [The] Suture [is] simple, ceratitic.(...) "L. Trias. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Céphalopodes de la famille des Ophiceratidae ont des] Ophiocônes, [une] section comprimée, elliptique; [et une] suture simple, cératitique.

Spanish

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Record 19 1977-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonoids of the family Sageceratidae have a conch that is] thinly lenticular or discoidal. Sutures [are] ceratitic, with [a] series of adventitious lobes in [the] 1st lateral saddle(...) "L. Trias.-U. Trais. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Céphalopodes de la famille des Sageceratidae sont des] Platycônes involutes, [avec la] région ventrale tabulaire ou finement bicarénée, parfois tranchante. "Suture": selles divisées en nombreux éléments adventices subceratitiques.

Spanish

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Record 20 1977-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonoids of the family Otoceratidae are] Involute forms with [a] subtrigonal whorl section; [the] venter is tricarinate, [the] umbilical shoulders [are] generally prominent, [the] umbilicus [is] deep. [The] Suture [is] ceratitic(...) "U. Perm.-L. Trias. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Céphalopodes de la famille des Otoceratidae ont une coquille] Involute, [un] ombilic profond, bordé d'une crête saillante, évasée en forme d'oreille; [le] ventre [est] aigu, tricaréné. [Ils ont une] Suture cératitique (...)

Spanish

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Record 21 1977-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Cephalopods of the family Liroceratidae have] involute nautilicones, generally with occluded, smooth conchs; whorls [are] usually depressed, broadly rounded. [The] suture [is] only slightly sinuous. [The] siphuncle [is] usually more or less central(...) "U. Dev., L. Carb.(Miss.)-Trias. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les céphalopodes de la famille des liroceratidae ont une] suture simple (...). [Ils ont une] ornementation lirée dans la région apicale, et réduite ensuite aux stries d'accroissement. [Il y a] absence de lobe annulaire.

Spanish

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Record 22 1977-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Pleuromyidae have a] shell of medium size, equivalve, oval, oblong or trapeziform, moderately to strongly inflated, with [a] narrow or moderately wide posterior gape; umbones [are] situated within [the] anterior half and usually well toward [the] anterior end of [the] shell, broadly rounded, not strongly protruding; [there are] no demarcated dorsal areas; no true hinge teeth; [the] main part of [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, with short supporting nymphs; below and slightly anterior to the beak of each valve is [a] short, rounded protuberance of [the margin], slightly hollowed out above, and behind [the] protuberance is [a] small niche; [the] protuberance of RV fits above that of the left, a small internal ligament possibly occupying the space between them; [the] postero-dorsal margin of RV(...) [overlaps] that of LV; [the] pallial sinus [is] deep; [the] ostracum [is] thin, probably originally nacreous internally. [The] surface [is] with or without concentric ribbing and with a delicate ornament of radial rows of minute pustules. "Trias.-L. Cret".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Pleuromyidae ont une] coquille mince, inéquilatérale, lisse ou ornée de fines granulations disposées en rangées concentriques, bâillante en avant et en arrière; [une] charnière sans dents mais avec une protubérance sous le crochet; [un] ligament en partie interne; [et un] sinus palléal.

Spanish

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Record 23 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Pteriidae(...) [are] obliquely ovate to suborbicular usually with [a] triangular winglike projection bordering each end of [a] straight hinge line; [they are] subequivalve to strongly inequivalve, LV usually more inflated; inequilateral, [the] umbones placed well toward [the] anterior end; [the] anterior wing(or auricle) [is] smaller, [a] byssal notch [is] present beneath it in [the] RV; both valves(...) [have an] obtusely triangular cardinal area bearing [a] shallow triangular ligament pit directed posteriorly from [the] beak; [the] dentition [is] variable, teeth(when present) [are] usually short and transverse near [the] beak, elongated posteriorly in [the] longitudinal direction; [they are] dimyarian in juvenile stages, monomyarian or with [the] anterior adductor much reduced in [the] adult; [the] posterior adductor impression [is] large; [the] pallial line [is] commonly discontinuous; [the] interior [is] pearly; [the] sculpture [is] variable, relatively smooth forms predominating "Trias.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pteriidae (...) [ont une] coquille nacrée, très inéquilatérale et inéquivalve; [la] valve gauche [est] bombée, [la] valve droite [est] plate. En arrière des crochets généralement antérieurs, [la] coquille est prolongée en une aile postérieure, en avant [une] oreillette plus petite et presque toujours échancrée pour le passage du byssus, sur la valve droite. [Le] bord cardinal [est] rectiligne, [l'] aréa ligamentaire [est] striée longitudinalement, [la] charnière [est] généralement munie de dents inégales. [Ils ont] deux muscles adducteurs, [l'] impression de l'antérieure [est] profonde et située sous l'oreillette antérieure; celle du postérieur [est] plus grande sur la valve même.

Spanish

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Record 24 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Arcidae(...) [have] subtrapezoidal or ovate, generally equivalve, inequilateral, decussate-costate shells; [the] hinge [is] taxodont, [the] dental series [is] nearly straight or slightly arched, consisting of numerous small, more or less transverse, straight or chevron-shaped subequal teeth that diminish in size toward [the] middle, all teeth being situated near [the] hinge axis with respect to [a] point well below [the] beaks; [the] ligament [is] duplivincular, prosodetic, amphidetic or opisthodetic; [they are] without myophoric ridges or shelves. "? Trias., Jur.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Arcidae (...) [ont une] coquille à charnière rectiligne ou modérément arquée, [des] dents nombreuses orientées verticalement ou obliquement, [un] ligament externe occupant l'aire ligamentaire en totalité ou en partie, deux empreintes musculaires subégales, [une] empreinte palléale simple, [la] coquille porcelanée, [une] ornementation faîte de côtes radiales croisées par des lignes ou des bandes concentriques, les côtes rayonnantes peuvent être absentes. (...) [la] famille [est] connue du Trias à l'époque actuelle, (...)

Spanish

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Record 25 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Pectinidae(...) [have a] shell varying in size, orbicular to oval, [the] valves of some shells [are] equally convex but usually one valve [is] more inflated than [the] other, [the] margins [are] usually, but not invariably closed; [the] umbos [are] central, on either side of which are triangular auricles(ears), [the] anterior one on [the] RV [is] usually with [a] distinct byssal notch or indentation below it; [the] surface [is] smooth or with radial ribs or folds, some species with concentric sculpture of raised lamellae; [the] interior [is] smooth or with fine radial riblets; [the] hinge line [is] straight; [the] external ligament [is] obsolete or nearly so, [the] resilium internal, amphidetic, in [a] triangular pit below [the] umbones; young shells(...) [have] small taxodont teeth which become obsolete later; cardinal crura or laminae [are] commonly present; diverging from either side of [the] ligamental pit; rounded laminae(auricular crura) [are] present on [the] interior of some shells where [the] auricles join [the] valves; adults [are] monomyarian, with posterior adductors only; [they are] free, attached by [a] byssus or cemented by RV; [the] upper(L) valve [is] usually more brightly colored; [the] margin of [the] mantle(...) [has] short filaments and commonly(...) [has] eyes; dioecious(...). "Trias.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pectinidae (...) [ont une] coquille équilatérale, équivalve ou inéquivalve, libre ou fixée, soit par un byssus qui passe dans une échancrure de l'oreillette antérieure de la valve droite, soit par soudure directe de la région umbonale de la valve droite; [des] crochets médians; [un] bord cardinal droit prolongé en deux oreillettes; [une] fossette ligamentaire triangulaire centrale; [un] ligament rarement visible extérieurement; [une] charnière faite (surtout chez le jeune) de lames symétriques par rapport au ligament - charnière de type isodonte -; [une] ligne palléale entière; une seule impression musculaire subcentrale.

Spanish

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Record 26 1977-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Gastropods of the] superfamily Patellacea [have shells that are] conical or cap-shaped, bilaterally symmetrical, without perforation of marginal notch, without [an] internal septum; [the] muscle attachment scar [is] semicircular or horseshoe-shaped, open on [the] anterior side; [the] outer shell layer [is] calcitic, inner layers [are] aragonitic, iridescent in some but not nacreous; [they have] no operculum; living forms [are] with [a] single bipectinate ctenidium or with [a] circlet of small branchiae beneath [the] mantle margin or with neither; pallial genital organs [are] wanting; [the] heart [has a] single auricle, [the] ventricle [is] not traversed by [a] rectum; [the] radula [is] long, docoglossate, [the] teeth [are] clawlike, [the] number in each row [is] small, exercising [an] effective rasping stroke during [the] outward protraction of [the] odontophore(...) "?M. Sil.-L. Trias., M. Trias.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Gastéropodes de la] super-famille des Patellacea [ont une] coquille conique, non enroulée chez l'adulte mais pouvant avoir une protoconque spiralée. [Ils ont une] empreinte musculaire en fer à cheval [et une] radula decoglosse.

Spanish

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Record 27 1977-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] family Thecospiridae [are] cemented by [a] ventral umbo, [the] ventral interarea [is] entire, without differentiation of [a] pseudo-deltidium; [the] dorsal interarea is vestigral, [the] chilidium absent; [the] teeth are unsupported, [the] ventral muscle scar [is] small, divided by a low median septum; [the] cardinal process [is] high, functionally bilobed but united medianly to form [a] tripartite structure, [the] socket plates [are] recurved but continuous anteriorly with [a] pair of subparallel ridges containing [the] dorsal adductor field divided by [a] low median ridge; [the] cardinal process bases [are] prolonged into 2 short processes supporting [a] pair of spirally coiled calcareous ribbons directed ventrolaterally; [the] brachial ribbons [are] sharply folded throughout [their] length to give [a] V-shaped cross-section; [the] shell substance [is] pseudopunctate. "Trias".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] famille des Thecospiridae [sont] caractérisés essentiellement par la fixation directe, au substratum, de la valve ventrale.

Spanish

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Record 28 1977-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The] Subfamily Disciniscinae [is composed of] Discinid [brachiopods] with [the] track of [the] pedicle opening in [a] broad depression of [the] pedicle valve, [the] track [is] partially closed anteriorly by [a] listrium, but [the] pedicle tube [is] not developed; [the] pedicle opening [is] lanceolate to suboval, separated from [the] posterior margin of [the] valve only by [a] narrow band of [the] periostracum. [The] Ventral and dorsal "vascula lateralia" [are] bifurcate, [the] dorsal "vascula media" present. ?Carb., ?Trias., L. Jur.-Rec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes inarticulés de la] Sous-famille des Disciniscinae (...) [ont un] Pédoncule sortant de la valve ventrale antéro-postérieurement, immédiatement sous le sommet. Fossile et actuel.

Spanish

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