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Fossil vomit pellets in a Norwegian delta hold shells that needed open-ocean salt
In North Sea drill cores, Dirk Knaust found more than 20 fossil vomit pellets whose shellfish needed steady ocean salinity to live. He argues the mismatch means plesiosaurs brought their meals inshore.
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