An interview with Nathalie Bardet, Peggy Vincent and Alexandra Houssaye for CNRS Le Journal on the occasion of the publication of the book La mer au temps des dinosaures (“The Oceans at the Time of the Dinosaurs”).

Over 60 million years ago, superpredators such as ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs roamed the seas. But what exactly were these reptiles, which are often incorrectly referred to as “marine dinosaurs”? CNRS News asked three of the authors of La Mer au Temps des Dinosaures (“The Oceans at the Time of the Dinosaurs”) to tell us more about these “sea monsters”.

 

 

 

 

Published on: 29/11/2021 17:20 - Updated on: 02/03/2023 17:25