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DENT CARDINALE [2 records]

Record 1 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A hinge tooth often relatively large, situated close to and directly beneath the beak of a bivalve mollusk.

OBS

Its long axis is perpendicular or oblique to the hinge line.

OBS

Plural: cardinal teeth.

Key term(s)
  • cardinal teeth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

Dents cardinales de la charnière d'un Pélécypode.

OBS

[Chez un Lamellibranche, les] dents situées sous le crochet [sont] dites «cardinales».

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Projection on hinge line of pedicle valve [of a brachiopod] which fits dental socket of brachial valve, serving as pivot in articulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) processus calcaire (...) de chaque côté et au-dessous du crochet (...) à la valve ventrale [d'un Brachiopode]

Spanish

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