Sharks eating mosasaurs, dead or alive?

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-340

  Rothschild, B M ^a,b,c,d   Martin, L D ^d   Schulp, A S ^e,f  

^a ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mosasaurs; Platecarpus; Predation; Prognathodon; Scavenging; Sharks; Tylosaurus

Indexed keywords

MAASTRICHTIAN; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPTILE;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 27644455848     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021119     Document Type: Review

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