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A newly hatched coiled nautiloid from the Permian of Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Royal H. Mapes
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701,
Shuji Niko
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Studies, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan,
Jiri Fryda
Affiliation:
Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3/131, 118 21 Prague 1, Czech Republic,
Alex Nützel
Affiliation:
Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Erlangen, Loewenichstr. 28, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany,

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Well-preserved, newly hatched coiled nautiloids from the late Paleozoic are relatively unusual. Thus, the recovery of a hatchling specimen from the Sosio Limestone (Permian, probably Wordian) of Italy that can be assigned to Sholakoceras cf. S. pleuronautiloides (Gemmellaro, 1890) is notable. The embryonic and posthatchling shell of S. cf. S. pleuronautiloides shows some morphological similarities to Recent Nautilus Linnaeus, 1758; however, some dissimilarities are significant, and these features have implications on the overall phylogenetic pattern exhibited by these organisms through time and the evolutionary processes that led to that pattern.

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Paleontological Notes
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