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I just noticed that I joined this forum a year ago.
It’s been fun.
I eventually found partial answers to those first questions about Paleogene belemnites. The name was in a long-forgotten paper; they look very much like belemnites, but details of the protoconchs might eventually disprove that; their age within the Paleogene has yet to be pinned down.
I became curious about cephalopod evolution in general and gathered a suite of specimens to tell the various stories (fotopic.net ; fotopic.net ; fotopic.net ). One of these specimens will be the holotype of a new species (fotopic.net).
During the year I came across a variety of cephalopods in Oman, in all cases but one (the Triassic) by accident:
- Ordovician orthocones from Wadi Daiqa
- Permian ammonoids from the Saiq plateau and bactritids from Huqf
- Triassic ammonoids from Al Aqil
- Cretaceous ammonites and belemnites from the Salakh Arch and the Hajar Mountains
- Paleogene coleoids and nautilids from the Muscat area
- Live cuttlefish in the local sea
I’ve had excellent advice from several academic specialists (especially Christian Klug, Dirk Fuchs and Jim Kennedy).
I’ve particularly enjoyed the wit and sharp questions of Kevin and DWhatley and the spectacular videos of modern S.latimanus from Ob.
All in all an enriching and entertaining experience! Thanks!
(A marine aquarium shop is about to open in Muscat so perhaps we’ll have live cephalopods in the house this year)
It’s been fun.
I eventually found partial answers to those first questions about Paleogene belemnites. The name was in a long-forgotten paper; they look very much like belemnites, but details of the protoconchs might eventually disprove that; their age within the Paleogene has yet to be pinned down.
I became curious about cephalopod evolution in general and gathered a suite of specimens to tell the various stories (fotopic.net ; fotopic.net ; fotopic.net ). One of these specimens will be the holotype of a new species (fotopic.net).
During the year I came across a variety of cephalopods in Oman, in all cases but one (the Triassic) by accident:
- Ordovician orthocones from Wadi Daiqa
- Permian ammonoids from the Saiq plateau and bactritids from Huqf
- Triassic ammonoids from Al Aqil
- Cretaceous ammonites and belemnites from the Salakh Arch and the Hajar Mountains
- Paleogene coleoids and nautilids from the Muscat area
- Live cuttlefish in the local sea
I’ve had excellent advice from several academic specialists (especially Christian Klug, Dirk Fuchs and Jim Kennedy).
I’ve particularly enjoyed the wit and sharp questions of Kevin and DWhatley and the spectacular videos of modern S.latimanus from Ob.
All in all an enriching and entertaining experience! Thanks!
(A marine aquarium shop is about to open in Muscat so perhaps we’ll have live cephalopods in the house this year)