Goniatitic

Quick meaning: Goniatitic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a goniatite, especially the characteristic wavy patterns of their fossils.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

In terms of hard-part morphology, goniatites are diagnosed by the simple to goniatitic form of their sutures.

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').

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.

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Related dictionary entries include gonidial, gonimic, gneissic, geonastic, geitonogamous, gonial.

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