Abstract
Onychites aff. barbatus is excessively rare in the Polish Jura. This paper describes a recent find from the basal middle Oxfordian. The specimen is preserved in a manner typical for other finds of this kind in platy limestones, i.e., as compressed and flattened imprints with remnants of carbonized organic matter. Excellent preservation of the surfaces enables a precise reconstruction of the original structure. Accordingly, I hypothesize on the attachment to soft parts and the function of the belemnite onychites. The high diversity of known onychites, especially from Europe (NW Tethys), indicates that they served a variety of purposes.
Funder
National Science Center
statutory funds of Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin
Subject
Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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