Meanings
nounhypopericyst (plural hypopericysts)
plural hypopericysts
- The part of the pericyst that lies posterior to the paracingulum.
Epipericyst and hypopericyst of more or less equal size or epipericyst somewhat larger. Ambital outline widest in pericingular region. Compression dorso-ventral, moderate to extreme.
1978, Stanford University Publications: Geological sciences
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