An Eocene orthocone from Antarctica shows convergent evolution of internally shelled cephalopods

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Doguzhaeva, Larisa A., Bengtson, Stefan, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Mörs, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Cephalopoda; Eocene; Seymour Island; Antarctica; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/49681

Background: The Subclass Coleoidea (Class Cephalopoda) accommodates the diverse present-day internally shelled cephalopod mollusks (Spirula, Sepia and octopuses, squids, Vampyroteuthis) and also extinct internally shelled cephalopods. Recent Spirula represents a unique coleoid retaining shell struct...