SimoniteUthiS, a new vampyromorph coleoid with prey in its arms from the Early Jurassic of Luxembourg
Author
Fuchs, Dirk
Bayerische Staatssammlung FÜr Paläontologie Und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany
Author
Weis, Robert
Musée National d’histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg, 25 Rue MÜnster,
Author
Thuy, Ben
Musée National d’histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg, 25 Rue MÜnster,
text
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
2024
6
2024-02-14
143
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13358-024-00303-y
journal article
10.1186/s13358-024-00303-y
1664-2384
12006446
Genus
Simoniteuthis
n. gen.
Type
species:
Simoniteuthis michaelyi
n. sp.
Other species:
Only the
type
species.
Occurrence:
Known only from the
type
locality.
Derivation of name:
Dedicated to Jo Simon, scientific volunteer collaborator of the National Museum of Natural History
Luxembourg
, who skilfully and patiently cleaned the fossil in the nodule and unveiled the soft part preservation.
Diagnosis:
Medium-sized loligosepiids, gladius moderately wide (gladius
widthmax-
to-gladius length 0.30– 0.40); median field very slender to slender (median field
widthhypz-
to-hyperbolar zone length 0.15–0.25;
=
opening angle 9–14°), laterally reinforced, anterior median field margin convex; hyperbolar zone very long (hyperbolar zone length-to-median field length 0.80–0.89), deeply V-shaped incised; anterior limit of lateral field thus distinctly projected, spine-like pointed, lateral fields moderately wide (lateral field
widthmax-
to-median field
widthmax
1.85–1.95).