Possible life reconstructions of Sinoeremoceras marywadeae sp. nov. (IMAGE)

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Possible life reconstructions of Sinoeremoceras marywadeae sp. nov.

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Note that these reconstructions correspond to two extremes to show the possible range of interpretation based on phylogenetic bracketing. The left reconstruction is inspired by a limpet-like soft part anatomy as in living monoplacophorans (e.g., Wingstrand, 1985; Ruthensteiner, Schröpel & Haszprunar, 2010), without typical cephalopod autapomorphies such as eyes, arms and hyponome. The right reconstruction represents soft part anatomy that would be expected close to the cephalopod crown group (e.g., Kröger, Vinther & Fuchs, 2011; Klug et al., 2015).

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Credit: Evelyn Friesenbichler.

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