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goniatitic

adjective

Of or pertaining to a goniatite, especially the characteristic wavy patterns of their fossils.

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Meanings

adjectivegoniatitic (not comparable)

not comparableOf or pertaining to a goniatite, especially the characteristic wavy patterns of their fossils.
In terms of hard-part morphology, goniatites are diagnosed by the simple to goniatitic form of their sutures.
2006, Robert Wynn Jones, Applied Palaeontology, page 140
2 more examples
To the naked eye the lateral lobes appear nearly goniatitic or faintly serrated, but by means of a lens denticulations in the ogival arch, which forms the base of the principal lateral lobe, can be made out distinctly.
1908, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India: Palæontologia Indica
The Goniatitida were characterised by a smooth, undulated or bended suture ('goniatitic'), whereas the Ceratitida possessed sutures that were posteriorly zig-zagging but anteriorly smooth ('ceratitic').
2015, Jens Boenigk, Biodiversity and Earth History, page 84

Origin

From goniatite + -ic.

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