Article: Ptychodus predation upon a Cretaceous Inoceramus
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
15
Part:
3
Publication Date:
September
1972
Page(s):
439
–
444
Author(s):
E. G. Kauffman
Abstract
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.
Palaeontology - Volume 15 Part 3 Pages 439-444
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