EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED LATE JURASSIC GASTROPOD EGG CAPSULES

Exceptionally preserved, phosphatized gastropod egg capsules from the uppermost Jurassic (upper Volgian) in Central Russia are reported. The egg capsules were attached to the inner side of the shell wall of empty body chambers of two ammonites. Due to phosphatization, the egg capsules retained their...

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Published in:Palaios 2015-06, Vol.30 (6), p.482-489
Main Authors: ZATOŃ, MICHAŁ, MIRONENKO, ALEKSANDR A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ammonoidea
Caenogastropoda
Cephalopoda
Cheremukha River
Commonwealth of Independent States
Craspedites
EDS spectra
eggs
electron microscopy data
Europe
Gastropoda
ichnofossils
Invertebrata
invertebrate
Ivanovskoe Russian Federation
Jurassic
Mesozoic
Mollusca
morphology
Paleontology
preservation
Research s
Russian Federation
SEM data
shells
spectra
Upper Jurassic
Volgian
X-ray spectra
Yaroslavl Russian Federation
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Summary:Exceptionally preserved, phosphatized gastropod egg capsules from the uppermost Jurassic (upper Volgian) in Central Russia are reported. The egg capsules were attached to the inner side of the shell wall of empty body chambers of two ammonites. Due to phosphatization, the egg capsules retained their original morphology preserving both the lower attachment base and upper hemispherical cover. Comparison with recent and fossil gastropod egg capsules indicates that these were not produced by neritimorphs, the egg capsules of which are known from the Lower Jurassic and Upper Cretaceous. Since these fossil egg capsules share many similarities with those produced by some recent rissoids and muricid neogastropods, it is evident that they were produced by some representatives of Caenogastropoda. The abundant filamentous microbial structures, as well as micron-sized apatite globules, preserved inside the egg capsules suggest that phosphatization processes were mediated by microbial consortia under anaerobic and low-pH conditions.
ISSN:0883-1351
1938-5323
DOI:10.2110/palo.2014.108