The Ammonoid Suture Problem: Relationships Between Shell and Septum Thickness and Suture Complexity in Paleozoic Ammonoids

Paleobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 343-355

  Saunders, W Bruce ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONOID; BUOYANCY CONTROL; BUTTRESSING; SEPTAL FLUTING; SEPTUM THICKNESS; SHELL THICKNESS; SUTURE;

EID: 0029531633     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300013348     Document Type: Article

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