Seilacher, 2008

Author(s):Seilacher, A.
Year:2008
Title:Mosasaurs, Limpets or Diagenesis: How Placenticeras Shells Got Punctured
Journal:Fossil Record
Volume:1
Number:1
Pages:93-102
Abstract

Claimed mosasaur bites in Upper Cretaceous Placenticeras shells from the Western United States are reinterpreted as limpetmade pits that became punctured by compactional pressure and beveled during diagenesis.

Keywords:Bioerosion, Cretaceous, Paleontology, Predation, Trace fossils
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/mmng.19980010107
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