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Seilacher, 1998d

Mosasaurs, Limpets or Diagenesis: How Placenticeras Shells Got Punctured

Seilacher, A.
Year1998
JournalMitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin
Volume1998
Number1
Pages93-102
Typearticle in journal
LanguageEnglish
Id31268

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.

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