An Early Triassic gladius associated with soft tissue remains from Idaho, USA—a squid-like coleoid cephalopod at the onset of Mesozoic Era

An Early Triassic gladius associated with soft tissue remains from Idaho, USA—a squid-like coleoid cephalopod at the onset of Mesozoic Era

We describe an Olenekian (Early Triassic) “fossil squid” belonging to the oldest complex Mesozoic marine biota collected in the Lower Shale unit of the Lower Triassic Thaynes Group in Idaho, USA. The studied specimen shows a tapered structure embedded in a cylindrical soft body. Morphological, ultra...

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Main Authors: Larisa A. Doguzhaeva, Arnaud Brayard, Nicolas Goudemand, Laurel J. Krumenacker, James F. Jenks, Kevin G. Bylund, Emmanuel Fara, Nicolas Olivier, Emmanuelle Vennin, Gilles Escarguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2018-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
phylogeny
gladius
soft tissue preservation
Triassic
USA
Idaho
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app63/app003932017.pdf

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