tarphyconic

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tarphyconic

  1. Tarphyceraconic (sometimes specifically if immature).
    • 1933, Arthur K. Miller, The Nautiloid Cephalopods of the Pennsylvanian System in the Mid-continent Region:
      [] tarphyconic, and finally nautiliconic. To differentiate between mature and immature orthoconic, cyrtoconic, gyroconic, and tarphyconic forms , an additional set of terms is needed for the mature forms; these are orthoceraconic []
    • 1952, Hans Ernst Thalmann, Journal of Paleontology:
      [] is a tarphyconic species, the whorls in contact but with no true impressed zone.