Did mosasaurs have forked tongues?

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-371

  Schulp, Anne S ^a,b   Mulder, E W A ^a,c   Schwenk, K ^d  

^a NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Museum Natura Docet   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Mosasaurs; Olfaction; Restoration; Tongue; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE;

HELODERMA; HELODERMATIDAE; LANTHANOTUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VARANIDAE;

EID: 27644518416     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021144     Document Type: Review

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