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burlingiiform

burlingiiform adjective: of the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a proparian pattern in which anterior and posterior sutures run subparallel to create roughly rectangular fixigenae.

Adjective

burlingiiform (not comparable)

  1. Of the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a proparian pattern in which anterior and posterior sutures run subparallel to create roughly rectangular fixigenae.
    • Trilobites of the Burlingiidae Walcott, 1908 are small, usually less than 10 mm in length, with a proparian facial suture called the burlingiiform type (Whittington 1959, 1997).2017, Jan R. Ove Ebbestad, Thomas Weidner, “Extreme protomeric development in a burlingiid trilobite from Cambrian glacial erratics of Denmark”, in Palaeontology, volume 60, number 2

Origin of burlingiiform

From taxonomic name Burlingiidae + English -form.

Questions about burlingiiform

What does burlingiiform mean?
Burlingiiform means of the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a proparian pattern in which anterior and posterior sutures run subparallel to create roughly rectangular fixigenae.
What part of speech is burlingiiform?
Burlingiiform is an adjective.

Words near burlingiiform in the dictionary

  1. Burlingames
  2. Burlingham
  3. Burlinghams
  4. burlingiid
  5. burlingiids
  6. burlingiiform
  7. Burlingjobb
  8. Burlings
  9. Burlington
  10. Burlington Bertie
  11. Burlington bun

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