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FORAMEN DORSAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

[A] dorsal foramen [is a] Posteriorly located perforation of [the] cardinal plate which may encroach on [the] beak of [the] brachial valve; [of a brachiopod] [the term is] also used for [the] so-called "perforation" of [the] brachial valve representing [the] passage between [the] bases of cardinal-process lobes in some strophomenoids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Le] foramen dorsal [est une] Perforation de l'extrémité postérieure dans certaines plaques cardinales [...] [d’un Brachiopode].

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] family Dimerellidae [are] usually sulcate and very small (...). [The] deltidial plates [are] commonly reduced, [the] crura [are] very long; [a] dorsal septum may be prominent (...). "?Dev.,Trias.-L.Cret.".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] famille des Dimerellidae [ont des] plaques deltidiales réduites ou nulles; [un] foramen triangulaire; [un] septum médian dorsal; [des] crura très longs; [et une] ligne cardinale rectiligne longue.

Spanish

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