Fig. 7 in Soft-tissue attachment structures and taphonomy of the Middle Triassic nautiloid Germanonautilus

Fig. 7. Epifauna on Germanonautilus conchs. A. A cluster of 14 specimens of the brachiopod Coenothyris vulgaris (Schlotheim, 1820) on the venter of a large body chamber of Germanonautilus bidorsatus (von Schlotheim, 1820), SMNS 26679 (wh = 108 mm), Hassmersheimer Mergel, Upper Muschelkalk, Middle Triassic, Helmhof near Untergimpern (cf. Aigner et al. 1978); × 0.5. B. Germanonautilus suevicus Philippi, 1898, SMNS 24999/2 (dm = 298 mm), dorsoplanus Zone, Upper Muschelkalk, Middle Triassic, Kupferzell−Rüblingen (Kleinknecht quarry); × 0.3. Note the thick bulbous crust consisting of the oyster Placunopsis ostracina (von Schlotheim, 1820). Asterisk denotes the approximate position of aperture in incomplete specimens.