Schulp, A.S.; Vonhof, H.B.; van der Lubbe, J.H.J.L.; Janssen, R.; van Baal, R.R.
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Pages 165–169 and Figure 1 report tooth-enamel carbon isotopes, reconstructed body sizes and resource partitioning for five named taxa from one type-Maastrichtian fauna; the inference is sample-bounded rather than a single ecology for all Mosasauridae.
Bell and Polcyn distinguish small plesiopedal from larger hydropedal adaptive grades, while tooth-enamel carbon isotopes from five type-Maastrichtian mosasaur taxa support marine carnivory and resource partitioning; these samples do not establish one family-wide diet, foraging habitat, swimming mode or body size.
claim:taxon:mosasauridae:ecologySchulp et al. report tooth-enamel carbon-isotope, body-size and resource-partitioning results for five named mosasaurs in one type-Maastrichtian fauna; the study-bounded marine sample does not establish a single diet, body-size distribution or guild for all Mosasauroidea.
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