A key for the description of Palaeozoic ammonoids

✍ Scribed by Dieter Korn

• Book ID: 102949369
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 615 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1435-1943
• DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200900008

✦ Synopsis

A key for the description of Palaeozoic ammonoids is presented. It contains a catalogue of descriptive terms to characterise conch morphology, ornament, and suture line particularly of Carboniferous ammonoids. A number of examples of tables and illustrations are given for the description of conch characters, their ontogeny and intraspecific variability.