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| Jaws of late Cretaceous placenticeratid ammonites : how preservation affects the interpretation of morphology. American Museum novitates ; no. 3500 |
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| Title: | Jaws of late Cretaceous placenticeratid ammonites : how preservation affects the interpretation of morphology. American Museum novitates ; no. 3500 |
| Authors: | Landman, Neil H. Tsujita, Cameron J. Cobban, William Aubrey, 1916- Larson, Neal L. Tanabe, Kazushige. Flemming, Roberta L. |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | American Museum novitates ; no. 3500 |
| Abstract: | "We describe upper and lower jaws of Placenticeras Meek, 1876, from the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Campanian) Bearpaw Shale and Pierre Shale of the Western Interior of North America and lower jaws of the related ammonite Metaplacenticeras Spath, 1926, from the Campanian Yasukawa Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. One lower jaw is preserved inside the body chamber of Placenticeras costatum Hyatt, 1903. The other jaws are isolated but are generally associated with fragments of placenticeratid shells. The jaws from North America are attributed to Placenticeras meeki Böhm, 1898, and P. costatum, while those from Japan are attributed to Metaplacenticeras subtilistriatum (Jimbo, 1894). All of the jaws are presumed to be from adults. The jaws of Placenticeras attain lengths of up to 95 mm. They are preserved as steinkerns with a thin film of black material, representing diagenetically altered chitin. X-ray diffraction analysis of samples of this material indicates that it consists of magnesium-rich c... |
| Description: | 48 p. : ill., 1 map ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5679 |
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