Generalized ammonoid hydrostatics modelling, with application to Intornites and intraspecific variation in Amaltheus

Paleontological Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-96

  Hammer, Oyvind ^a   Bucher, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Computer modelling; Hydrostatics; Intraspecific variation

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMMONITE; HYDROSTATICS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AMMONOIDEA; NAUTILUS;

EID: 33745661875     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.10.91     Document Type: Article

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