Jaws of a large belemnite and an ammonite from the Aalenian (Middle Jurassic) of Switzerland

Abstract Although belemnite rostra can be quite abundant in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata, the record of belemnite jaws was limited to a few specimens from Germany and Russia. Here, we describe and figure three cephalopod jaws from the Middle Jurassic Opalinus Clay of northern Switzerland. Although...

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Main Authors: Christian Klug, Walter Etter, René Hoffmann, Dirk Fuchs, Kenneth De Baets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-020-00207-7