Alberta may be landlocked now, but in the Late Cretaceous it lay beneath the Western Interior Seaway and was home to massive marine reptiles like mosasaurs! How did so many predators coexist?

New research led by Dr. Femke Holwerda shows niche partitioning using tooth wear, biomechanics, and isotopes with unprecedented detail.

Open-access paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/205
Paleo 2023 talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLhIornWI4

#palaeontology #paleontology #mosasaur #AlbertaPaleo #alberta #ab

Field Trip Update:

We're planning on changing the date of the overnight adventure at the Royal Tyrrell Museum to Nov. 28 - 29 to accommodate our speaker schedule.

All details are still provisional, so stay tuned & check for updates:
https://albertapaleo.org/events/fieldtrips

#dinovember #albertapaleo #FamilyFun #palaeontology #paleontology #drumheller #ab #alberta

Save the date!
We're planning another overnight adventure at the Royal Tyrrell Museum this Nov 21–22 (dates TBD). Fossils, fun, and a night at the museum!

All details are still provisional, so stay tuned & check for updates:
https://albertapaleo.org/events/fieldtrips

#dinovember #albertapaleo #FamilyFun #palaeontology #paleontology #drumheller #ab #alberta