Seilacher, 1998d

Author(s):Seilacher, A.
Year:1998
Title:Mosasaurs, Limpets or Diagenesis: How Placenticeras Shells Got Punctured
Journal:Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin
Volume:1998
Number:1
Pages:93-102
Abstract

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

Keywords:Cephalopoda, Paleontology, Predation
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