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Record 1 1977-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Inarticulate brachiopods of the] Superfamily Craniacea (...) [have] Shells [which are] strongly punctate, calcareous (...); some [are] free, many [are] attached by cementation of all or part of [the] pedicle valve to some other object, no forms [are] known to have possessed [a] pedicle; [the] growth is usually holoperipheral in both valves, more rarely mixoperipheral. ?M. Cam., L. Ord - Rec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes inarticulés appartenant à la] Super-famille des Craniacea (...) [ont une] Coquille calcaire; [ils sont] sans pédoncule, ni ouverture pédonculaire à l'état adulte. [La] Fixation directe par la valve ventrale [est] fréquente (...) Ordovicien-Actuel.

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