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Table 1 Dimensions (in millimetres) of lechritrochoceratid embryonic shells, corresponding growth stage, age and source reference

From: Embryonic and early juvenile development in the Silurian basal nautilid Peismoceras Hyatt, 1894

Species

L

D

L/D

Growth stage

Series

References

Kosovoceras sandbergeri (Barrande, 1865)

< 4, c. 5

2

 

Adult

Uppermost Ludlow

Turek (1990)

Peismoceras pulchrum (Barrande, 1865)

4.5

3

1.5

Adult

Lowermost Ludlow

Turek (1990)

Calocyrtoceras cognatum (Barrande, 1866)

5

4

1.25

Juvenile

Uppermost Ludlow

Turek (1990)

Peismoceras scharyi sp. nov.

7.5

3.8

1.97

Juvenile

Upper Wenlock

New data

Peismoceras asperum (Barrande, 1865), NM L 46908

7.5

3.4

2.21

Juvenile

Lower Ludlow

New data

Peismoceras asperum (Barrande, 1865), NM L 46909

6.6

2.9

2.28

Early sub-adult

Lower Ludlow

New data

  1. L shell length, D shell diameter, L/D ratio of embryonic shell length to maximal diameter