New paper out with @val-fisch.bsky.social, @rboman.bsky.social, @narimanechatar.bsky.social and @palaeotheoryum.bsky.social 🎊
We used FEA to simulate bites in mosasaurids and polycotylids from the WIS to find clues about what they ate and how.
Check it out here! doi.org/10.1111/pala...
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Distinct feeding biomechanics in Late Cretaceous marine reptiles from the Western Interior Seaway
Sympatry of numerous predatory marine reptiles appears to be the rule rather than the exception in many Mesozoic formations, implying that these lineages are likely to have evolved some form of ecolo....