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Ammonoid Locomotion

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Ammonoid Paleobiology: From anatomy to ecology

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Because ammonoids have never been observed swimming, there is no alternative to seeking indirect indications of the locomotory abilities of ammonoids. This approach is based on actualistic comparisons with the closest relatives of ammonoids, the Coleoidea and the Nautilida, and on the geometrical and physical properties of the shell. Anatomical comparison yields information on the locomotor muscular systems and organs as well as possible modes of propulsion while the shape and physics of ammonoid shells provide information on buoyancy, shell orientation, drag, added mass, cost of transportation and thus on limits of acceleration and swimming speed. On these grounds, we conclude that ammonoid swimming is comparable to that of Recent nautilids and sepiids in terms of speed and energy consumption, although some ammonoids might have been slower swimmers than nautilids.

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We greatly appreciate the financial support by the Swiss National Science foundation (project numbers 200021-113956/1, 200020-25029, -132870, and -149120). We greatly appreciate the effort the reviewers Kenneth De Baets (Erlangen) and Benjamin J. Linzmeier (University of Wisconsin-Madison) have put into their reviews, thereby helping us to improve our manuscript.

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Naglik, C., Tajika, A., Chamberlain, J., Klug, C. (2015). Ammonoid Locomotion. In: Klug, C., Korn, D., De Baets, K., Kruta, I., Mapes, R. (eds) Ammonoid Paleobiology: From anatomy to ecology. Topics in Geobiology, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9630-9_17

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