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ArticleScientific reports2025

Reproductive biology and anatomy of ammonites.

Christian Klug, Günter Schweigert, René Lauer, Bruce Lauer, Dirk Fuchs, Kan Terakado, Amane Tajika

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Christian KlugPaläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland. chklug@pim.uzh.ch.
Günter SchweigertStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, 70191, Stuttgart, Germany.
René LauerLauer Foundation for Paleontology, Science and Education, Wheaton, IL, 60189, USA.
Bruce LauerLauer Foundation for Paleontology, Science and Education, Wheaton, IL, 60189, USA.
Dirk FuchsSNSB-Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 80333, Munich, Germany.
Kan TerakadoGraduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8316, Japan.
Amane TajikaGraduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8316, Japan.

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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 200021_169627
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Abstract

Ammonoid anatomy is still poorly known and every new record of a specimen with soft tissue-preservation yields valuable information. In view of the impressive morphological disparity of ammonoids, we can also expect some disparity in soft tissue anatomy. Here, we present a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian of the Solnhofen region. In contrast to a recently described isolated soft body preserving the male reproductive organs, the new specimen for the first time shows a structure, which we interpret as the ovaries of the female containing immature eggs and further organs. These two specimens are of great importance for sexing ammonoids and for estimating fecundity. The high reproductive rate of Jurassic ammonites underlines their great abundance and the important role of juvenile ammonoids at the base of Devonian to Cretaceous food webs.

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CephalopodaFossilsOvaryAnimalsBiological EvolutionFemaleFood ChainMaleReproductionAmmonoideaAnatomyCephalopodaConservation depositsDimorphismOvariesTithonian

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