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Extraordinary fossil shows ancient marine reptile swallowing huge prey – Trading U
By Michael Le Page We now know ichthyosaurs also targeted larger preyJOHN SIBBICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYDon’t bite off more than you can chew, goes the
By Michael Le Page
We now know ichthyosaurs also targeted larger prey
JOHN SIBBICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Dont bite off more than you can chew, goes the saying. But one ancient ichthyosaur did just that.
The 5-metre-long marine reptile has the body of a 4-metre-long animal in its stomach but apparently injured its neck in the process of consuming the massive meal and died soon afterwards. The prey is the largest found in the stomach region of a fossil.
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