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Rib fracture in Prognathodon saturator (Mosasauridae, Late Cretaceous)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

A.S. Schulp ,
G.H.I.M. Walenkamp ,
P.A.M. Hofman ,
B.M. Rothschild  and
J.W.M. Jagt
A.S. Schulp*
Affiliation:
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, De Bosquetplein 6, NL-6211 KJ Maastricht, The Netherlands Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
G.H.I.M. Walenkamp
Affiliation:
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, PO Box 5800, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
P.A.M. Hofman
Affiliation:
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, PO Box 5800, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
B.M. Rothschild
Affiliation:
Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio, 5500 Market Street, Suite 199, Youngstown, Ohio 44512, USA Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, and Faculty of Bio-medical Engineering, University of Akron, USA
J.W.M. Jagt
Affiliation:
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, De Bosquetplein 6, NL-6211 KJ Maastricht, The Netherlands
*
*Corresponding author: Anne Schulp; e-mail:anne.schulp@maastricht.nl
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Abstract

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Two unusual bumps occur on the internal surface of a rib of the marine reptile Prognathodon saturator from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Maastricht, The Netherlands. These bumps are interpreted as stress fractures, possibly related to agonistic behaviour.

Keywords

CretaceousMosasaursThe NetherlandspathologyPrognathodonstress fracture
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , December 2004 , pp. 251 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2004

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