Hydrostatics, propulsion and life-habits of the Cretaceous ammonoid Baculites

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 249-265

  Westermann, Gerd ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Baculites; Functional morphology; Hydrostatics; Hyponome; Orthocones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894229086     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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