Mosasaur Predation on Upper Cretaceous Nautiloids and Ammonites from the United States Pacific Coast

Other| February 01, 2004 Mosasaur Predation on Upper Cretaceous Nautiloids and Ammonites from the United States Pacific Coast ERLE G. KAUFFMAN ERLE G. KAUFFMAN 1Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, kauffman@indiana.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information ERLE G. KAUFFMAN 1Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, kauffman@indiana.edu Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology Accepted: 06 Jun 2003 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-5323 Print ISSN: 0883-1351 Society for Sedimentary Geology PALAIOS (2004) 19 (1): 96–100. https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0096:MPOUCN>2.0.CO;2 Article history Accepted: 06 Jun 2003 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation ERLE G. KAUFFMAN; Mosasaur Predation on Upper Cretaceous Nautiloids and Ammonites from the United States Pacific Coast. PALAIOS 2004;; 19 (1): 96–100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0096:MPOUCN>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyPALAIOS Search Advanced Search Abstract A remarkable encounter between two Cretaceous mosasaurs of the same species and a sick or recently dead nautiloid (Argonautilus catarinae Sundberg) is recorded. It is possible that the mosasaur was training its young to attack shelled cephalopods. This is the first recorded attack by two mosasaurs on a nautiloid in the eastern Pacific Ocean, although ammonites preyed upon by mosasaurs are known from the west coast of North America. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.