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Allometric Growth in Dielasma hastata from Treak Cliff, Derbyshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Donald Parkinson
Donald Parkinson
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Abstract

Growth and variation in a single species from a thin bed at one locality are examined statistically. The different dimensions are shown to be allometrically related both to each other and to the volume of the shell. It is argued that total width is the best measure of age of the individual and it is shown that at a certain width there is a break in the continuity of growth of the length and thickness.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 89 , Issue 3 , June 1952 , pp. 201 - 216
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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