Original paper
Shark tooth marks on Miocene balaenopterid cetacean bones from Argentina
Noriega, Jorge Ignacio; Cione, Alberto Luis; Aceñolaza, Florencio Gilberto
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 245 Heft 2 (2007), p. 185 - 192
published: Sep 5, 2007
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0245-0185
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Abstract
A cubitus and radius of an indeterminate balaenopterid cetacean from the Miocene Paraná Formation of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina, show large tooth marks here attributed to scavenging or predation by the extinct lamnid shark Isurus xiphodon.
Keywords
miocene • argentina • elasmobranchii • cetacea • predation • scavenging • praedicnia