proparian

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noun

Any trilobite in the order †Proparia.

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Meanings

nounproparian (plural proparians)

plural proparians

  1. biologyAny trilobite in the order †Proparia.
adjectiveproparian (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or relating to the order †Proparia of trilobites.
  2. not comparablebiologyOf a facial suture of a trilobite, terminating forward of the genal angle.
  3. 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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