First record of non-mineralized cephalopod jaws and arm hooks from the latest Cretaceous of Eurytania, Greece - Sorbonne Université
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First record of non-mineralized cephalopod jaws and arm hooks from the latest Cretaceous of Eurytania, Greece

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Due to the lower fossilization potential of chitin, non-mineralized cephalopod jaws and arm hooks are much more rarely preserved as fossils than the calcitic lower jaws of ammonites or the calcitized jaw apparatuses of nautilids. Here, we report such non-mineralized fossil jaws and arm hooks from pelagic marly limestones of continental Greece. Two of the specimens lie on the same slab and are assigned to the Ammonitina; they represent upper jaws of the aptychus type, which is corroborated by finds of aptychi. Additionally, one intermediate type and one anaptychus type are documented here. The morphology of all ammonite jaws suggest a desmoceratoid affinity. The other jaws are identified as coleoid jaws. They share the overall U-shape and proportions of the outer and inner lamellae with Jurassic lower jaws of Trachyteuthis (Teudopseina). We also document the first belemnoid arm hooks from the Tethyan Maastrichtian. The fossils described here document the presence of a typical Mesozoic cephalopod assemblage until the end of the Cretaceous in the eastern Tethys.

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Paléontologie
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hal-03117700 , version 1 (21-01-2021)

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Christian Klug, Donald Davesne, Dirk Fuchs, Thodoris Argyriou. First record of non-mineralized cephalopod jaws and arm hooks from the latest Cretaceous of Eurytania, Greece. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2020, 139 (1), ⟨10.1186/s13358-020-00210-y⟩. ⟨hal-03117700⟩
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