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Greetings to all. First time on the list serve. I
thought since I have been forwarded many questions about Paralititan's
environment, that I would answer directly.
Yes, it is quite possible that the mangrove environment was
very extensive in the early Late Cretaceous. Much coastal area was within
the tropics at the time and epeiric seas would have provided much wave-sheltered
paralic and littoral area. These are the two requirements of mangrove
colonization.
Pre-Cenozoic mangroves, however, are extremely poorly
understood. Our work really includes the best evidence, to date, of an early
Late Cretaceous mangrove. Much more work needs to be done globally to document
the character and distribution of this biome.
For those that are interested, published abstracts regarding
this topic are available at: www.egyptdinos.org
Cheers,
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