Unusual ichthyosaur gut contents: turtles and theropods!

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

Greetings,

Just out in Electronic Format:
Kear, B.P., Boles, W.E. & Smith, E.T. 2003. Unusual gut contents in a
Cretaceous ichthyosaur. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B (Suppl). DOI
10.1098/rsbl.2003.0050

Gut contents of a specimen of _Platypterygius longmani_ from Queenland
contains actinopterygian bones as well as the remains of a hatchling
prostegid sea turtle and an enantiornithine bird (tibiotarsus resembling
_Nanantius_).

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology           Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
                College Park, MD  20742
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