Predation in the marine fossil record: studies, data, recognition, environmental factors, and behavior

AA Klompmaker, PH Kelley, D Chattopadhyay… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The fossil record is the primary source of data used to study predator-prey interactions in
deep time and to evaluate key questions regarding the evolutionary and ecological …

[PDF][PDF] Paleoecological information in predator tooth marks

B Pobiner - Journal of Taphonomy, 2008 - researchgate.net
This paper reviews the evidence for tooth marks made by sharks, crocodiles, dinosaurs,
rodents, and especially mammalian carnivores on modern and fossil bones. The ecological …

Bite marks attributable to Tyrannosaurus rex: Preliminary description and implications

GM Erickson, KH Olson - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
DISCUSSION Although these specimens do not directly shed light on the predatory or
scavenging habits of T. rex, they do greatly enhance our understanding of its feeding …

Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru

A Collareta, O Lambert, W Landini, C Di Celma… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
We report on bite marks incising fossil mammal bones collected from upper Miocene
deposits of the Pisco Formation exposed at Aguada de Lomas (southern Peru) and …

Head-biting behavior in theropod dinosaurs: paleopathological evidence

D Tanke, PJ Currie - 1998 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Cranial material of Sinraptor dongi (Upper Jurassic, Xinjiang, China), Gorgosaurus libratus,
Daspletosaurus torosus (Upper Cretaceous, Alberta, Canada), and other large theropod …

Scavenging by sharks of the genus Squalicorax in the Late Cretaceous of North America

DR Schwimmer, JD Stewart, GD Williams - Palaios, 1997 - JSTOR
Diverse sources and types of evidence indicate that common Cretaceous selachians of the
genus Squalicorax were the preeminent scavengers of vertebrate carcasses during …

Obtaining new resolutions in carnivore tooth pit morphological analyses: A methodological update for digital taphonomy

LA Courtenay, D Herranz-Rodrigo, R Huguet… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Modern day investigation in fields of archaeology and palaeontology can be greatly
characterised by an exponential growth of integrated new technologies, nevertheless, while …

The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes

TA Deméré, A Berta, MR McGowen - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2005 - Springer
Abstract Balaenopteroids (Balaenopteridae+ Eschrichtiidae) are a diverse lineage of living
mysticetes, with seven to ten species divided between three genera (Megaptera …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative taphonomy, taphofacies, and bonebeds of the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation, Central California: strong physical control on marine vertebrate …

RW Boessenecker, FA Perry, JG Schmitt - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Taphonomic study of marine vertebrate remains has traditionally focused on
single skeletons, lagerstätten, or bonebed genesis with few attempts to document …

Post-Paleozoic patterns in marine predation: was there a Mesozoic and Cenozoic marine predatory revolution?

SE Walker, CE Brett - The Paleontological Society Papers, 2002 - cambridge.org
Mesozoic and Cenozoic evolution of predators involved a series of episodes. Predators
rebounded rather rapidly after the Permo-Triassic extinction and by the Middle Triassic a …