Paleontological Research
Online ISSN : 1880-0068
Print ISSN : 1342-8144
ISSN-L : 1342-8144
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Generalized ammonoid hydrostatics modelling, with application to Intornites and intraspecific variation in Amaltheus
Oyvind HAMMERHugo BUCHER
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2006 年 10 巻 1 号 p. 91-96

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A numerical procedure for calculating the buoyancy, apertural orientation and rotational stability of ammonoids can accommodate noncircular apertures and allometries. The hydrostatic properties of the Triassic oxyconic ammonite Intornites nevadanus were estimated from measured coiling parameters, body chamber length and digitized whorl section. The calculations indicate close to neutral buoyancy. The orientation of the aperture is 33 degrees from the horizontal, and the stability index relatively high at 0.054. Unlike for many other ammonites, these values are comparable to those of Nautitus, suggesting a similar nektobenthic lifestyle. An apertural interior shell callus does not contribute to stability in this genus, and its function remains unknown. In Amattheus margaritatus, hydrostatic properties and body chamber length vary significantly as a result of intraspecific variation in shell shape. Covariation between septal spacing and whorl shape can be given a functional explanation in terms ofhydrostatic properties. Buckman’s second law of covariation between ribbing and sutural complexity can possibly be thought of in terms of heterochrony.
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© 2006 by The Palaeontological Society of Japan
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