Cranial osteology of the mid-Cretaceous elasmosaurid Thalassomedon haningtoni from the Western Interior Seaway of North America
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104769
Abstract: ABSTRACT Thalassomedon haningtoni is one of the most completely preserved elasmosaurid plesiosaurians described to date. Unlike most other elasmosaurid fossils, both the holotype and a second referred specimen — which were recovered from the middle… read more here.
Keywords: interior seaway; cranial osteology; osteology; western interior ... See more keywords
Oxygen isotopes from the teeth of Cretaceous marine lizards reveal their migration and consumption of freshwater in the Western Interior Seaway, North America
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110406
Abstract: Abstract Mosasaurs were widespread predators of the vast Cretaceous seas, and it is debated whether these extinct marine reptiles migrated to coastal environments to feed or reproduce. Here we investigate the potential for migration and… read more here.
Keywords: interior seaway; freshwater; north america; oxygen isotopes ... See more keywords
Regional-scale paleobathymetry controlled location, but not magnitude, of tidal dynamics in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA
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DOI: 10.1130/g46624.1
Abstract: Despite extensive outcrop and previous sedimentologic study, the role of tidal processes along sandy, wave- and river-dominated shorelines of the North American Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway remains uncertain, particularly for the extensive mid-Campanian (ca. 75–77.5… read more here.
Keywords: location; western interior; interior seaway; scale ... See more keywords