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Gladius-bearing coleoids from the Upper Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstätten: diversity, morphology, and phylogenetic implications

Jattiot, Romain ; Brayard, Arnaud ; Fara, Emmanuel ; Charbonnier, Sylvain

In: Journal of Paleontology, 2015, vol. 89, no. 1, p. 148-167

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    Titre
    • Gladius-bearing coleoids from the Upper Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstätten: diversity, morphology, and phylogenetic implications
    Auteur
    • Jattiot, Romain. UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, F-21000, Dijon, France; 〈romain.jattiot@pim.uzh.ch〉, 〈arnaud.brayard@u-bourgogne.fr〉, 〈emmanuel.fara@u-bourgogne.fr〉
    • Brayard, Arnaud. UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, F-21000, Dijon, France; 〈romain.jattiot@pim.uzh.ch〉, 〈arnaud.brayard@u-bourgogne.fr〉, 〈emmanuel.fara@u-bourgogne.fr〉
    • Fara, Emmanuel. UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, F-21000, Dijon, France; 〈romain.jattiot@pim.uzh.ch〉, 〈arnaud.brayard@u-bourgogne.fr〉, 〈emmanuel.fara@u-bourgogne.fr〉
    • Charbonnier, Sylvain. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Histoire de la Terre, CP38, UMR 7207 CR2P CNRS-MNHN-UPMC, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France, 〈scharbonnier@mnhn.fr〉
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Paleontology, 2015, vol. 89, no. 1, p. 148-167. Cambridge University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Sciences de la terre
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:292552
    Summary
    Gladius-bearing coleoids are rare in the fossil record. For the Cretaceous period, these cephalopods are mainly recorded in a few Lagerstätten in Lebanon (Haqel, Hajoula, En Nammoura, and Sahel Aalma). Here, we study 16 specimens of gladius-bearing coleoids from these Upper Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstätten to investigate their taxonomic diversity. Besides two species that were already reported (Dorateuthis syriaca and Glyphiteuthis libanotica), one new species is identified in the Cenomanian site of Hajoula: Rachiteuthis acutali n. sp., as well as another form of Glyphiteuthis from En Nammoura. Several studied specimens exhibit well-preserved soft-part characters. Among them, we document for the first time two transverse rows of sessile suckers in D. syriaca and we confirm the absence of tentacles, as well as the presence of a crop in this species. This strongly supports the phylogenetic proximity of D. syriaca with modern vampyropods rather than with modern decabrachians. In turn, the similarity in gladius morphology between this taxon and modern squids is regarded as convergent