Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 110The Museum, 2003 - Natural history |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 41
Page 95
The whorl section is subovate , compressed ( H / W = 1.36 ) , with a narrow evenly arched venter and weakly convex flanks which converge slightly towards the venter . Maximum width is one - third of the way up the flank .
The whorl section is subovate , compressed ( H / W = 1.36 ) , with a narrow evenly arched venter and weakly convex flanks which converge slightly towards the venter . Maximum width is one - third of the way up the flank .
Page 115
It retains the ornament and suture of Puzosia and has the shell form of Hauericeras ; the sharpened venter of Mossamedites represents an intermediate stage between the rounded venter of Puzosia and the specialized keel of mature ...
It retains the ornament and suture of Puzosia and has the shell form of Hauericeras ; the sharpened venter of Mossamedites represents an intermediate stage between the rounded venter of Puzosia and the specialized keel of mature ...
Page 120
The broad flanks are weakly convex and converge markedly to the narrowly sulcate venter . In one juvenile ( Fig . 11H ) the venter is weakly raised along the siphonal line and thus pseudotricarinate .
The broad flanks are weakly convex and converge markedly to the narrowly sulcate venter . In one juvenile ( Fig . 11H ) the venter is weakly raised along the siphonal line and thus pseudotricarinate .
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ammonites Angola Annals anterior arch archosaurs articulates base become BMNH body chamber Broom Campanian Cape caudal vertebrae closely Cobban coiling collections Collignon complete compressed Coniacian consists constrictions Cooper Cretaceous cylindraceum described Description diameter differs Diplomoceras Discussion distal dorsal early edge elements Erythrosuchus africanus Eubostrychoceras example fauna Figure flanks fossils fragments genus Geological Gower History holotype Howarth incomplete Kennedy Klinger known KwaZulu Lateral view LIBRARY locality lower Maastrichtian Madagascar material Matsumoto maxilla medial Middle narrow Natural occurrence original ornament Paleontology phragmocone position possibly posterior present preserved probably proximal referred represented ribs rounded Santonian shaft shell shows similar single skull slightly Society South African Museum Spath species specimens St Lucia Formation suggests surface suture text-fig tubercles Turonian Type species umbilical Upper Upper Cretaceous venter ventral ventrolateral vertebrae whorl whorl section