gonatoparian

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adjective

Of a facial suture of a trilobite, terminating at the genal angle.

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Meanings

adjectivegonatoparian (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf a facial suture of a trilobite, terminating at the genal angle.
  2. not comparablebiologyOf a trilobite, having these sutures.

    Study of silicified ontogenetic series of opisthoparian (Aphelaspis), gonatoparian (Glaphyraspis), and proparian (Hardyoides) trilobites indicates the probable homology of cephalic spines in ptychopariid trilobites.

    1962, Allison R. Palmer, “Comparative Ontogeny of Some Opisthoparian, Gonatoparian and Proparian Upper Cambrian Trilobites”, in Journal of Paleontology, volume 36, number 1, page 87
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