Habitat
Kronosaurus queenlandicus was
clearly pelagic based on the variety of locations of
fossils(Renneboog, 2011).
Pelagic means living in the open sea, however fossils can be
found in inland portions of continents.
This is due to plate tectonics.
Throughout the millions of years that
Kronosaurus thrived on earth new
continents were formed and pulled apart.
This created many inland seas and changed the face of the
earth and therefore changing the habitats of
Kronosaurus.
Although
Kronosaurus could be found everywhere in the ocean it is
believed that they lived and hunted in more shallow regions close to
sea like Killer Whales.
Shallow waters and coastlines are home to more abundant and suitable
prey making Kronosaurus’ habitat requirements very similar to that
of Killer Whales. (McHenry, 2009).
Although
Kronosaurus could be found
everywhere in the ocean it is believed that they lived and hunted in
more shallow regions close to sea like Killer Whales.
Shallow waters and coastlines are home to more abundant and
suitable prey making
Kronosaurus’ habitat requirements very similar to that
of Killer Whales. (McHenry, 2009).