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II.—On the Jaw Apparatus of Discoidea cylindrica (Lamarck)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Herbert L. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Mark Stirrup Scholar in the University of Manchester.

Extract

Whilst searching through the duplicate drawers in the Manchester Museum I found recently a specimen of Discoidea cylindrica which contained the dental apparatus in a very good state of preservation. The softness of the matrix within the test made it possible to develop and extract the jaws, and thus to detect several new features of interest.

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Original Articles
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1909

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