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All, As this thread has taken off in an another interesting direction, I've added 4 pics of the _Clioscaphites_ sp. material that was found in association to the webpage ... The preservation is rather unusual.... http://www.oceansofkansas.com/temp.html Regards, Mike From: "Frank J. Varriale" <suchos@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: clioscaphites > > Cobban (1951:34) gives the etymology as; "From the Greek kleio, > close. A closed or tightly enrolled scaphite in contrast to the typical > open forms with living chambers freed from the speptate coil. > The distinguishing generic characters are the closely coiled shell, > the dorsum of the adult living chamber entirely in contact with the > septate coil, and the suture with the trifid or asymmetrically bifid > first lateral lobe." > > Cobban, W. A. 1951. Scaphitoid cephalopods of the Colorado Group. > United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 239 pp. 1-42. > > > --- "Frank J. Varriale" <suchos@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I'll have to go and check, but it may refer to the fact that in > > the > > Clioscphites the terminal living chamber is no longer separated from > > the phragmocone as in Scaphites. The dorsal portion has now become > > appressed to the venter and closed the space between the two. > > > > > > > > --- Carl Mehling <cosm@amnh.org> wrote: > > > Scaphites is a genus of ammonite. Clioscaphites may just mean > > > "Closed/shut > > > Scaphites" in a series of names originating/honoring Scaphites. It > > > may be > > > similar to Saurolophus/Parasaurolophus where Parasaurolophus refers > > > back to > > > Saurolophus instead of to the "crested lizard" etymology for > > > Saurolophus. > > > > > > Calamari don't have hooklets, but a good number of modern > > cepahlopods > > > have > > > hooked arms instead of suckered arms (Mesonychoteuthis and > > > Moroteuthis are > > > a couple of them). Belemnites had ?mineralized hooklets that > > > occasionally > > > turn up in the stomach contents of their predators. > > > > > > At 07:46 PM 12/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > > Tuesday, December 3 > > > > > > > >What is the etymology of the beautiful genus name _Clioscaphites_? > > > >"Kleio" means to close, shut, bar, e.g. a door; "skaphe" is > > anything > > > dug > > > >or scooped out, as a trough, a tub, a basin, a bowl, a small boat; > > > >"skaphos" is the hull of a ship. The suffix "-ites" often > > indicates > > > an > > > >ethnic adjective, but can have other applications. So put it all > > > together > > > >and what do we get? I hope "clio-" is not a mistake for "clido-," > > > >referring to the collar-bone; but I suspect that we are dealing > > here > > > with > > > >someone who really knows his languages, not least because > > > "veriformis" is > > > >quite perfect. > > > > > > > >As for cephalopod hooklets: What in the world are cephalopod > > > hooklets? Do > > > >calamari have them? > > > > > > > > c.c., > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > > >On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Mike Everhart wrote: > > > > > > > > > All, > > > > > In the midst of examining probable stomach contents from a > > large > > > plesiosaur > > > > > from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Late Cretaceous (Santonian), > > > bio-zone of > > > > > _Clioscaphites veriformis_ and _C. choteauensis_) of the > > Niobrara > > > > > > > Formation, > > > > > we came across several small (length about 2 mm) objects which > > I > > > cannot > > > > > identify. A picture is posted on the web at: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.oceansofkansas.com/temp.html > > > > > > > > > > At this point, I am fairly certain they are associated with the > > > prey that > > > > > the plesiosaur had fed upon... possibly cephalopod hooklets. > > The > > > "stomach > > > > > contents" also includes fragments of small fish. > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Mike Everhart > > > > > Adjunct Curator of Paleontology > > > > > Sternberg Museum of Natural History > > > > > Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS > > > > > http://www.oceansofkansas.com
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