Vaccinites vesiculosus (Woodward, 1855), Campanian,
Saiwan, Oman
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Sketch of lower valve of Vaccinites showing
characteristic pillars of Hippuritidae in successive ontogenetic stages;
stippled = body cavity, now filled with internal sediment
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Left (upper) valve of Vaccinites
alpinus (Douvillé (1897), showing pores of outer shell layer (diameter of
shell is c. 9 cm); Campanian, Maden-Bayburt, Turkey
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Close-up
of pores in other specimen of Vaccinites alpinus (Douvillé, 1897); diameter
of pores is c. 1 mm; upper Santonian, Gosau, Austria
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Barrettia
sp.; Campanian - Maastrichtian, New World
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Abundance and stratigraphical distribution of Hippuritidae in the
central-eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
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