A fourier method to describe and compare suture patterns

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Gildner, Raymond F ^a,b  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Cephalopods; Fourier analysis; Modeling; Septa; Suture patterns

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 3042644275     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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