A classificatory category used for fossils which are similar in appearance but cannot be reliably assigned to an established animal or plant genus, such as fossil parts of organisms and trace fossils.
〔古生物〕形态属
Example sentencesExamples
Isolated chondrichthyan dermal denticles belonging to the form genus Petrodus are widespread and common in the Carboniferous.
The tracks, which have been placed in the form genus Caririchnium, were made by ornithopod dinosaurs, large herbivores.
These are the permineralized seeds of a medullosan seed fern; such permineralized seeds are classified in the form genus Trigonocarpus.
Roots of Cordaites are placed in the form genus Amyelon.
The form genus Physonemus includes bilaterally symmetrical, laterally compressed, forward-curving spines, ornamented with tubercles.
Definition of form genus in US English:
form genus
noun
A classificatory category used for fossils which are similar in appearance but cannot be reliably assigned to an established animal or plant genus, such as fossil parts of organisms and trace fossils.
〔古生物〕形态属
Example sentencesExamples
The form genus Physonemus includes bilaterally symmetrical, laterally compressed, forward-curving spines, ornamented with tubercles.
These are the permineralized seeds of a medullosan seed fern; such permineralized seeds are classified in the form genus Trigonocarpus.
Roots of Cordaites are placed in the form genus Amyelon.
Isolated chondrichthyan dermal denticles belonging to the form genus Petrodus are widespread and common in the Carboniferous.
The tracks, which have been placed in the form genus Caririchnium, were made by ornithopod dinosaurs, large herbivores.