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Fig. 7

From: Failed prey or peculiar necrolysis? Isolated ammonite soft body from the Late Jurassic of Eichstätt (Germany) with complete digestive tract and male reproductive organs

Fig. 7

Reconstruction of a possible sequence of events that led to the separation of the soft parts from the conch of Subplanites. a Acanthoteuthis attacks the ammonite and breaks the conch in the posterior half of the body chamber. b Acanthoteuthis withdraws the soft parts. Possibly, the arm crown remained attached to the aperture or was eaten away otherwise

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