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ZIGZAG SUTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

... the metasicula ... [is] composed of the usual graptolite alternating growth bands with typical zigzag suture along opposite (dorsal and ventral) sides.

CONT

Chitinous growth bands of the creeping tube [of a Pterobranch] are laid down in the form of half segments deposited alternately to left and right, so that the growth lines exhibit a characteristic median zigzag suture ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Chez un Graptolite, le tissu fusellaire] consiste en petits segments semi-annulaires et fusiformes [...]superposés transversalement en deux piles juxtaposées, de façon que les extrémités en biseau s'enchevêtrent pour former deux sutures en zigzag sur les faces ventrale et dorsale de la thèque [...]

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