dolonal

English

Etymology

From dolon +‎ -al.

Adjective

dolonal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the dolon.
   • 1964, GFF - Volume 86, page 343:

     In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).

   • 1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30:

     Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.

   • 1986, Ordovician (Llandeilo and Caradoc) Beyrichiocope Ostracoda from England and Wales, voume 139, issue 1, page 20:

     However, the dolonal spines of D. spinosa and D. mackenziensis are not found in piretellines.