brachiopod
brachiopod
Definition
brachio·pod (brā′kē ō päd′, brak′ē-)
brachiopod
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- contain: These rocks demonstrate a change from coastal to marine conditions and contain fossil brachiopods, corals and the remains of sea-lilies.
- include: Marine animals were present in abundance, including brachiopods which lived attached to or buried in the sea floor.
- yield: These rocks yield occasional fossil brachiopods indicating that they were deposited in a shallow sea.
- find: Plenty of excellent corals can be found, brachiopods, bivalves and Trilobites.
- have: Leckhampton Hill If your prepared for the steel hill climb, this location has some superb brachiopods and bivalves in a hill-top quarry.
Adjective modifier
- fossil: These rocks yield occasional fossil brachiopods indicating that they were deposited in a shallow sea.
- inarticulate: The valves of inarticulate brachiopods are held together by muscles without a hinge.
- abundant: The lowest unit, the Llandovery Series, comprises coarse sandstones and conglomerates and siltstones with abundant fossil brachiopods and trilobites.
- modern: Some modern brachiopods have rootlets, but they spread out into soft sediment, just as plant roots do.
Modifies a noun
- shell: Shell structure, patterns and trends of oxygen and carbon stable isotopes in modern brachiopod shells.
- fossil: Two limestone beds at the top of the section contain quartz-rich veins with coral and brachiopod fossils.
- paleoecology: Pennsylvanian sea-level cycles, nutrient availability and brachiopod paleoecology.
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