A remarkable case of a shark-bitten elasmosaurid plesiosaur

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report could not have been made without the contribution of T. Suzuki who discovered the specimen in 1968. I. Obata (NSM) led the initial investigation with one of us (Y. Hasegawa). For various logistical assistances for the present study, we thank many staff members of NSM, including K. Fujita, T. Kase, and M. Manabe. T. Tsuihiji was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship. T. Sato was financially supported by KAKENHI (grant number 18.6288) and Tokyo Gakugei University. Additional financial support was provided by the Environmental Science Program of DePaul University. Comments made by M. J. Everhart, three anonymous reviewers, and editors significantly improved the quality of this paper.