Skeleton of the Fossil Shark Isurus denticulatus from the Turonian (Late Cretaceous) of Germany—Ecological Coevolution with Prey of Mackerel Sharks
Figure 4
Interpretative drawings of Late Cretaceous Isurus-skeletons. (a) Partly disarticulated skeleton without skull from the late Turonian of Germany (NMB no. 3916 Foerth-Isurus-1); (b) partly disarticulated but nearly complete skeleton from the Niobrara Formation (Coniancian to Campanian) of USA with its last prey, a huge teleostean Xiphactinus audax (in black, redrawn after [18]; KUVP no. 247 after [19]); (c) articulated skeleton from the Niobrara Formation (Coniancian to Campanian) of USA (redrawn after [13]; FHSM no. VP-2187); (d) partly preserved articulated skeleton from the “Senonian” (Coniacian/Santonian) of Italy (redrawn after [20]); (e) partly preserved articulated skeleton from the Niobrara Formation (Coniancian to Campanian) of USA (redrawn after photos of Everhart, STERN no. 01).
