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Allocrioceras from the Cenomanian (mid‐Cretaceous) of the Lebanon and its bearing on the palaeobiological interpretation of heteromorphic ammonites
Author(s) -
Wippich Max G. E.,
Lehmann Jens
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1475-4983
pISSN - 0031-0239
DOI - 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00408.x
Subject(s) - cenomanian , cretaceous , ammonite , paleontology , geology , pelagic zone , ammonoidea , mesozoic , oceanography , structural basin
Specimens of the mid‐Cretaceous heteromorphic ammonite Allocrioceras cf. annulatum (Shumard, 1860) from the Upper Cenomanian lithographic limestones of the Lebanon provide an in situ record of aptychi and interpreted remnants of internal soft tissue and stomach content. Based on this exceptionally well‐preserved material, Allocrioceras is interpreted as a pelagic, aperture‐upwards drifter that probably fed on comatulid crinoids.