Mosasaurids Bare the Teeth: An Extraordinary Ecological Disparity in the Phosphates of Morocco Just Prior to the K/Pg Crisis

Mosasaurids Bare the Teeth: An Extraordinary Ecological Disparity in the Phosphates of Morocco Just Prior to the K/Pg Crisis

Mosasaurid teeth are abundant in the fossil record and often diagnostic to low taxonomic levels, allowing to document the taxonomic diversity and ecological disparity through time and with fewer biases than in other marine reptiles. The upper Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco, with at least fiftee...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Bardet, Valentin Fischer, Nour-Eddine Jalil, Fatima Khaldoune, Oussama Khadiri Yazami, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Nicholas Longrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
mosasaurid squamates
Morocco
phosphates
Late Cretaceous
comparative anatomy
morphometrical analyses
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/2/114
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