Cretoxyrhina mantelli Hesperornis with a narrow snout equipped

with a narrow snout equipped with numerous small

Longitud 214 mm

hunting large prey in both fluvial and riparian environments

El cráneo del Yi qui era pequeño y alargado

suggesting that the animal did not rely on its teeth to tear flesh like classic carnivorous theropods

Cretoxyrhina mantelli Hesperornis with a narrow snout equippedCretoxyrhina mantelli was a large lamniform shark from the Late Cretaceous (approx. 10082 million years Before Present), widely distributed in the epicontinental seas that covered large regions of what is now North America and other continental shelves. Informally known as the "ginsu shark" due to the morphology of its teethsharp, laterally compressed, and with smooth edgesthis taxon represents one of the main marine predators of its time and a