Micro-ornamentation of some spiriferide brachiopods

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Micro-ornamentation of some spiriferide brachiopods

  • Volume / Part: 19 / 4
  • Publication Date: November 1976
  • Page(s): 767 - 771
  • Authored By: C. Howard C. Brunton

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The use of the term microspine by Balinski (1975) for a variety of structures on several taxa of spiriferides is discussed and, in part, rejected. Balinski described two distinct structures; true microspines and a papillose ornamentation resulting from external shell erosion. Evidence for a microspinose ornamentation on species of Crurithyris is presented together with models distinguishing the growth of spines in spiriferides from that in productaceans.

Palaeontology - Volume 19 Part 4 Pages 767-771



Palaeontology - Volume 19 Part 4 Pages 767-771

Citations

BRUNTON, C. C. 1976. Micro-ornamentation of some spiriferide brachiopods. Palaeontology, 19, 4, 767–771.