Anatomy and size of Megateuthis, the largest belemnite.

Autor: Klug, Christian, Schweigert, Günter, Hoffmann, René, Fuchs, Dirk, Pohle, Alexander, Weis, Robert, De Baets, Kenneth
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Zdroj: Swiss Journal of Paleontology; 5/30/2024, Vol. 143 Issue 1, p1-19, 19p
Abstrakt: Belemnite rostra are very abundant in Mesozoic marine deposits in many regions. Despite this abundance, soft-tissue specimens of belemnites informing about anatomy and proportions of these coleoid cephalopods are extremely rare and limited to a few moderately large genera like Passaloteuthis and Hibolithes. For all other genera, we can make inferences on their body proportions and body as well as mantle length by extrapolating from complete material. We collected data of the proportions of the hard parts of some Jurassic belemnites in order to learn about shared characteristics in their gross anatomy. This knowledge is then applied to the Bajocian genus Megateuthis, which is the largest known belemnite genus worldwide. Our results provide simple ratios that can be used to estimate belemnite body size, where only the rostrum is known. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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