Environmental ScienceBiologyGeology
A. Reisdorf, R. Bux, D. Wyler, M. Benecke, C. Klug, M. Maisch, P. Fornaro, A. Wetzel
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It is argued that the normally slightly negatively buoyant carcasses of ichthyosaurs would have sunk to the sea floor and risen to the surface only when they remained in shallow water above a certain temperature and at a low scavenging rate.
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REISDORF, A., et al. Float, explode or sink: Postmortem fate of lung-breathing marine vertebrates. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2012, 92: 67–81.