Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Phylogeny and Systematics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Phylogenetic Practices Among Scholars of Fossil Cephalopods, with Special Reference to Cladistics

      • Pascal Neige, Isabelle Rouget, Sebastien Moyne

      Pages 3-14

   3. Patterns of Embryonic Development in Early to Middle Devonian Ammonoids

      • Susan M. Klofak, Neil H. Landman, Royal H. Mapes

      Pages 15-56

   4. Conch Form Analysis, Variability, Morphological Disparity, and Mode of Life of the Frasnian (Late Devonian) Ammonoid Manticoceras from Coumiac (Montagne Noire, France)

      • Dieter Korn, Christian Klug

      Pages 57-85

   5. GONIAT – The Current State of the Paleontological Database System on Paleozoic Ammonoids

      • Jürgen Kullmann

      Pages 86-96

   6. Ornamental Polymorphism in Placenticeras kaffrarium (Ammonoidea; Upper Cretaceous of India): Evolutionary Implications

      • Tapas K. Gangopadhyay, Subhendu Bardhan

      Pages 97-120

   7. A Late Carboniferous Coleoid Cephalopod from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte (USA), with a Radula, Arm Hooks, Mantle Tissues, and Ink

      • Royal H. Mapes, Harry Mutvei, Larisa A. Doguzhaeva

      Pages 121-143

   8. On the Species Status of Spirula spirula (Linné, 1758) (Cephalopoda): A New Approach Based on Divergence of Amino Acid Sequences Between the Canaries and New Caledonia

      • Kerstin Warnke

      Pages 144-155

3. Morphology of Soft and Hard Tissues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Understanding Ammonoid Sutures: New Insight into the Dynamic Evolution of Paleozoic Suture Morpholog

      • Emily G. Allen

      Pages 159-180

   3. Cameral Membranes in Carboniferous and Permian Goniatites: Description and Relationship to Pseudosutures

      • Kristin Polizzotto, Neil H. Landman, Royal H. Mapes

      Pages 181-204

   4. Soft-tissue Attachment of Middle Triassic Ceratitida from Germany

      • Christian Klug, Michael Montenari, Hartmut Schulz, Max Urlichs

      Pages 205-220

   5. The Preservation of Body Tissues, Shell, and Mandibles in the Ceratitid Ammonoid Austrotrachyceras (Late Triassic), Austria

      • Larisa A. Doguzhaeva, Royal H. Mapes, Herbert Summesberger, Harry Mutvei

      Pages 221-238

   6. Connecting Ring Ultrastructure in the Jurassic Ammonoid Quenstedtoceras with Discussion on Mode of Life of Ammonoids

      • Harry Mutvei, Elena Dunca

      Pages 239-256

   7. Jaws and Radula of Baculites from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of North America

      • Neil H. Landman, Neal L. Larson, William A. Cobban

      Pages 257-298

   8. Ultrastructural Analyses on the Conotheca of the Genus Belemnotheutis (Belemnitida: Coleoidea)

      • Dirk Fuchs, Helmut Keupp, Vasilij Mitta, Theo Engeser

      Pages 299-314

4. Biogeography, Biostratigraphy, Ecology, and Taphonomy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315

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   2. New Data on the Clymeniid Faunas of the Urals and Kazakhstan

      • Svetlana Nikolaeva

      Pages 317-343

   3. Deformities in the Late Callovian (Late Middle Jurassic) Ammonite Fauna from Saratov, Russia

      • Neal L. Larson

      Pages 344-374

Cephalopods are diverse, highly developed molluscs capable of swimming and jet propulsion. These animals are an important component of present-day marine ecos- tems throughout the world and comprise approximately 900 species. They also have an extraordinary fossil record, extending back to the Cambrian Period, with as many as 10,000 extinct species. Throughout their long history, they have experienced sp- tacular radiations and near-total extinctions. Because of their superb fossil record, they also serve as ideal index fossils to subdivide geologic time. This book touches on many of these themes, and it treats both fossil and present-day cephalopods. The chapters are outgrowths of presentations at the Sixth International Symposium “Cephalopods – Present and Past,” at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, September 16–19, 2004. The Symposium was organized principally by Walter L. Manger of the Department of Geology, University of Arkansas. The editors gratefully acknowledge Walter for his terrific job in putting together this symposium and for making it such an intellectual, and social, success. Other publications related to this Symposium include the abstract volume, assembled by W. L. Manger, and two fie- trip guidebooks, one written by W. L. Manger, and the other by R. H. Mapes. Because this symposium was held in North America, it honored four cephalopod workers from this continent: William A. Cobban (US Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado), Brian F. Glenister (University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa), William M. Furnish (University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa), and Gerd E. G.

• Ammonoids
• Celeoids
• Cephalopods
• Fauna
• Geology
• Systematics
• Taphonomy
• development
• ecology
• morphology
• phylogeny
• tissue

From the reviews:

"Cephalopods Present and Past is a well-edited volume whose content is based on a 2004 conference. … The chapters, written by an international group of scientists, essentially constitute review papers in a specialized subset of paleontology. As such, these chapters will be required reading for specialists. … This book will be important for libraries that maintain a research collection in invertebrate paleontology or invertebrate zoology. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals." (P. K. Strother, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), August, 2008)

• American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

  Neil H. Landman

• College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, USA

  Richard Arnold Davis

• Ohio University, Athens, USA

  Royal H. Mapes

Neil H. Landman: Curator-in-Charge, Invertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History; PhD, Yale University, 1982; Researcher in ammonoid paleobiology, systematics, and biostratigraphy.

Richard Arnold Davis: Professor of Biology and Geology, College of Mount St. Joseph; PhD, The University of Iowa, 1968; Researcher in the biology and taphonomy of fossil and present day cephalopods.

Royal H. Mapes: Professor Emeritus, Ohio University; PhD, The University of Iowa, 1977; Researcher in cephalopod systematics, phylogeny, taphonomy, and paleobiology

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