Inferred vertebrate bite marks on an Early Cretaceous unionoid bivalve from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a   Godthelp, Henk ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crocodilians; Early Cretaceous; Fish; Inferred bite marks; Plesiosaurs; Unionoid bivalve; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CEPHALOPOD; CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; FISH; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELL; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LIGHTNING RIDGE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALLIGATOR; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MOLLUSCA; UNIONOIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41749093226     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510701757498     Document Type: Article

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