Sharks eating mosasaurs, dead or alive?
Title
Sharks eating mosasaurs, dead or alive?
Creator
Rothschild B M; Martin L D; Schulp A S
Publisher
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences-Geologie En Mijnbouw
Date
2005
2005-09
Description
Shark bite marks on mosasaur bones abound in the fossil record. Here we review examples from Kansas (USA) and the Maastrichtian type area (SE Netherlands, NE Belgium), and discuss whether they represent scavenging and/or predation. Some bite marks are most likely the result of scavenging. On the other hand, evidence of heating and the presence of a shark tooth in an infected abscess confirm that sharks also actively hunted living mosasaurs.
Subject
Geology; morphology; mosasaurs; netherlands; Platecarpus; predation; Prognathodon; scavenging; sharks; Tylosaurus
Identifier
Format
Journal Article
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Pages
335-340
Issue
3
Volume
84
Citation
Rothschild B M; Martin L D; Schulp A S, “Sharks eating mosasaurs, dead or alive?,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed April 24, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/6957.