PALEOECOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE PERMIAN LYTTONIID BRACHIOPOD <em>PIRGULIA</em>
The lyttoniid brachiopods of the Permian exhibit a unique valve morphology: a branched lobate structure takes the form of the dorsal valve. In one group of lyttoniids, the genus Pirgulia, the ventral valve wraps around to form a cone that fully encloses the lobate structure. This has consequences fo...
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Language: | English |
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Milano University Press
2019-09-01
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Series: | Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |
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Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/12172 |