Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 110The Museum, 2003 - Natural history |
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COILING The initial juvenile stages are unknown ; the earliest ontogenetic stages present consist of slightly curved shafts with a whorl height of c . 20 mm . With the exception of GD14000 , all the specimens consist of slightly curved ...
COILING The initial juvenile stages are unknown ; the earliest ontogenetic stages present consist of slightly curved shafts with a whorl height of c . 20 mm . With the exception of GD14000 , all the specimens consist of slightly curved ...
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Description Coiling is in a loose helix with the distance between successive whorls about half the height of the previous whorl . The umbilical width increases with growth , but even at the largest preserved diameter , is still less ...
Description Coiling is in a loose helix with the distance between successive whorls about half the height of the previous whorl . The umbilical width increases with growth , but even at the largest preserved diameter , is still less ...
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A few species of Didymoceras show loose coiling similar to that of D. ( E. ) mitraikyense , but in all the cases the ornament is sufficiently different to distinguish between these . D. ( D. ) donezianum ( Mikhailov , 1951 ) , recently ...
A few species of Didymoceras show loose coiling similar to that of D. ( E. ) mitraikyense , but in all the cases the ornament is sufficiently different to distinguish between these . D. ( D. ) donezianum ( Mikhailov , 1951 ) , recently ...
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