Sutural simplification in Physodoceratinae (Aspidoceratidae, Ammonitina)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.87433-4600Keywords:
ammonites, constructional morphology, septal suture, Physodoceratinae, Physodoceras, Benetticeras, Orthaspidoceras, Shaireria, PseudowaageniaAbstract
The estructural analysis of the shell septum interrelationship in sorne Jurassic ammonites allows us to conclude that sutural simplifications occurred throughout the phylogeny, were originated by alterations in the external morphology of the shell. In the case of Physodoceratinae the simplification observed in the morphology of the septal suture may have a double origin. First, an increase in the size of periumbilical tubercles may determine a shallowing of sutural elements and a shortening of saddle and lobe frilling. In other cases, shallowing is determined by a decrease in the whorl expansion rate, an apparent shortening of secondary branching not being observed.
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1987-08-30
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Checa, A. (1987). Sutural simplification in Physodoceratinae (Aspidoceratidae, Ammonitina). Estudios Geológicos, 43(3-4), 271–278. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.87433-4600
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