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Deadly Prehistoric Sea Monster Found Inside Second, Slightly Larger Sea Monster – ExtremeTech
We’ve found an ichthyosaur specimen that upends our ideas about what these creatures ate. Luckily for us, a few million years back, one of them bit off more than it could chew.
Paleontologists have made a unique find: A 5-meter Triassic ichthyosaur with a 4-meter Triassic thalattosaur jammed down its gullet. By all appearances, the former literally bit off more than it could chew and choked on it.
One of the challenges of studying prehistoric ecosystems is figuring out what, exactly, was eating what. Coarse-grained distinctions and broad inferences can be made based on factors like body plan, relative size, dentition (when present), limb structure, and known character…
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