Ptychodus predation upon a Cretaceous Inoceramus

15 3 September 439 444

KAUFFMAN, E. G. 1972. Ptychodus predation upon a Cretaceous InoceramusPalaeontology15, 3, 439–444.

E. G. Kauffman The type specimen of Inocemmus tenuis Mantell displays probable tooth impressions of Ptychodus on the ventral margin of the left valve. The predation is interpreted, and the general problem of vertebrate predation on Inoceramidae, which were the dominant Cretaceous bivalves, is discussed. The Palaeontological Association (Free Access)