Ventral bite marks in Mesozoic ammonoids

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 245-257

  Klompmaker, Adiël A ^a   Waljaard, Natascha A ^a   Fraaije, René H B ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Oertijdmuseum de Groene Poort   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Mesozoic; Predation; Teuthoids; Ventral bite marks

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOZOIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PREDATION; PREDATOR; TOOTH;

AMMONOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 68549122497     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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