Sharks eating mosasaurs, dead or alive?

B. M. Rothschild; L. D. Martin; A. S. Schulp

doi:10.1017/S0016774600021119

Sharks eating mosasaurs, dead or alive?

B. M. Rothschild^*, L. D. Martin, A. S. Schulp

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Abstract

Shark bite marks on mosasaur bones abound in the fossil record. Here we review examples from Kansas (USA) and the Maastrichtian type area (SE Netherlands, NE Belgium), and discuss whether they represent scavenging and/or predation. Some bite marks are most likely the result of scavenging. On the other hand, evidence of heating and the presence of a shark tooth in an infected abscess confirm that sharks also actively hunted living mosasaurs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	335-340
Number of pages	6
Journal	Netherlands Journal of Geosciences = Geologie en Mijnbouw
Volume	84
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600021119
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005

Keywords

Mosasaurs
Platecarpus
Predation
Prognathodon
Scavenging
Sharks
Tylosaurus

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