Predation on Kosmoceras by semionotid fish in the Middle Jurassic Lower Oxford Clay of England

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Predation on Kosmoceras by semionotid fish in the Middle Jurassic Lower Oxford Clay of England

  • Volume / Part: 33 / 3
  • Publication Date: August 1990
  • Page(s): 739 - 742
  • Authored By: David M. Martill

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Broken ammonite debris is common in the Lower Oxford Clay and is thought to be attributable in part to the activities of predators. A new specimen of Kosmoceras (Zugokosmoceras) cf. obductum (Buckman) displays a series of bite marks in the region of the peristome suggestive of the dentition of the fishes Lepidotes, Heterostrophus (Semionotidae) and Mesturus (Pycnodontidae).

Palaeontology - Volume 33 Part 3 Pages 739-742



Palaeontology - Volume 33 Part 3 Pages 739-742

Citations

MARTILL, D. M. 1990. Predation on Kosmoceras by semionotid fish in the Middle Jurassic Lower Oxford Clay of England. Palaeontology, 33, 3, 739–742.