Definitions

Carapace angles

• In Leaiidae (Conchostraca), angle made by straight dorsal margin with anterior rib (a) and with posterior rib (b); these angles may have utility in tracing evolutionary development and in stratigraphic zonation. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Diplostraca) Intersection of straight and dorsal margin by anterior rib (alpha) and posterior rib (beta). [McLaughlin, 1980]

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