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The jaw apparatus of the Late Cretaceous ammonite Didymoceras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2017

Isabelle Kruta ,
Neil H. Landman ,
Isabelle Rouget ,
Fabrizio Cecca  and
Neal L. Larson
Isabelle Kruta
Affiliation:
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), UMR 7207 «Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements». UPMC, Case 104–4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France,
Neil H. Landman
Affiliation:
Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 10024, U.S.A.,
Isabelle Rouget
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7207 «Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements». UPMC, Case 104–4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France, ,
Fabrizio Cecca
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7207 «Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements». UPMC, Case 104–4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France, ,
Neal L. Larson
Affiliation:
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc., 117 Main Street, Hill City, South Dakota 57745, U.S.A.,
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Abstract

We report on well-preserved upper and lower jaws found inside the body chambers of two specimens of Didymoceras nebrascense (Meek and Hayden, 1856) from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale of the USA. The finds are described and compared to existing material, and their possible functions are discussed.

Type
Paleontological Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 556 - 560
Copyright
Copyright © 2010, The Paleontological Society 

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