THE PRO-OSTRACUM AND PRIMORDIAL ROSTRUM AT EARLY ONTOGENY OF LOWER JURASSIC BELEMNITES FROM NORTH-WESTERN GERMANY
THE PRO-OSTRACUM AND PRIMORDIAL ROSTRUM AT EARLY ONTOGENY OF LOWER JURASSIC BELEMNITES FROM NORTH-WESTERN GERMANY
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德国西北部下侏罗统箭锰矿早期个体发育时的前基质和原始喙台
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2003
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W. Weitschat
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L. Doguzhaeva;H. Mutvei;W. Weitschat
The structure of pro-ostracum and primordial rostrum is presented at early ontogenic stages in Lower Jurassic belemnites temporarily assigned to ?Passaloteuthis from north-western Germany. For the first time the pro-ostracum was observed in the first camerae of the phragmocone. The presence of a pro-ostracum in early shell ontogeny supports Naef”s opinion (1922) that belemnites had an internal skeleton during their entire ontogeny, starting from the earliest post-hatching stages. This interpretation has been previously questioned by several writers. The outer and inner surfaces of the juvenile pro-ostracum were studied. The gross morphology of these surfaces is similar to that at adult ontogenetic stages. Median sections reveal that the pro-ostracum consists of three thin layers: an inner and an outer prismatic layer separated by a fine lamellar, predominantly organic layer. These layers extend from the dorsal side of the conotheca to the ventral side. The information obtained herein confirms the idea that the pro-ostracum represents a structure not present in the shell of ectocochleate cephalopods (Doguzhaeva, 1999, Doguzhaeva et al. 1999b, 2002a). The primordial rostrum surrounds the protoconch and continues as a distinct prismatic layer along the phragmocone, at least along the first 25-30 camerae. The conotheca proper is absent. The phragmocone wall (= conotheca) is composed of an inner prismatic layer that continues from the mural part of the first septum, and three thin layers, which belong to the pro-ostracum. The latter layers are externally covered by the prismatic layer of the primordial rostrum. This shows significant differences in the shell wall structure betwen ectocochleates and belemnites.