On diving and diet: Resource partitioning in type-maastrichtian mosasaurs

A. S. Schulp; H. B. Vonhof; J. H.J.L. Van Der Lubbe; R. Janssen; R. R. Van Baal

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On diving and diet: Resource partitioning in type-maastrichtian mosasaurs

A. S. Schulp, H. B. Vonhof, J. H.J.L. Van Der Lubbe, R. Janssen, R. R. Van Baal

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The carbon isotope composition of tooth enamel from all five mosasaur taxa known to date from the type Maastrichtian (southeast Netherlands, northeast Belgium) has been analysed. Differences in enamel δ 13 C values between taxa suggest resource partitioning. Body size and δ 13 C value correlate surprisingly well, with larger taxa having δ 13 C values more depleted in the heavier 13 C isotope.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-170
Number of pages	6
Journal	Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences
Volume	92
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S001677460000010X
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Carbon isotopes
Late cretaceous
Mosasauridae
Reptilia

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