#prognathodon — Public Fediverse posts
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Signs of wear on #mosasaurs' teeth show they were picky eaters who liked #seafood https://phys.org/news/2023-11-mosasaurs-teeth-picky-eaters-seafood.html
3D dental microwear in type-#Maastrichtian #mosasaur teeth: Femke M. Holwerda et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42369-7
"#Prognathodon in particular, with its large cone-shaped teeth, appears to have had a surprising amount of #shellfish in its diet... #Plioplatecarpus, with narrow pointed teeth, showed a striking number of signs of wear. Perhaps it was also fond of #fish with strongly scaled bodies"