Mechanical significance of ammonoid septa with complex sutures

Lethaia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-212

  Hewitt, Roger A ^a   Westermann, Gerd E G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonoidea; Function; History; Septum; Stress; Suture

Indexed keywords

AMMONOIDEA; NAUTILOIDEA;

AMMONOIDEA; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT DEPTH; SEPTUM; SUTURE;

EID: 0031474580     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00462.x     Document Type: Article

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