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A PAPER NAUTILUS (OCTOPODA, ARGONAUTA ) FROM THE MIOCENE PAKHNA FORMATION OF CYPRUS
Author(s) -
MARTILL DAVID M.,
BARKER MICHAEL J.
Publication year - 2006
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.1475-4983.2006.00578.x
Subject(s) - paleontology , nautilus , trace fossil , geology , mediterranean climate , fossil record , geography , archaeology
Abstract: The fossil organic trace of an argonaut shell from the Pakhna Formation (Serravillian, Middle Miocene) of southern Cyprus is described. The new find represents one of only a very few argonaut egg cases reported from the fossil record of the Tethyan region and is the first to be reported from the eastern Mediterranean. It is assigned to a new species of Argonauta as A. absyrtus sp. nov.