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In rare find, fossil shows how Cretaceous-era ‘hell ant’ ate its prey with weird jaws – The Washington Post
The insects apparently fed using sharp jaws that moved up and down, unlike their modern counterparts, whose jaws move horizontally, researchers say.
The Cretaceous-era ant Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri was trapped while feasting on a Caputoraptor elegans, an extinct forerunner of the cockroach. The fossil was discovered in Myanmar. The prehistoric meal is newly described by an international team of researchers in the journal Current Biology.
Its rare to find animal behavior preserved in fossil form, and the find confirmed a theory about how hell ants ate. The insects apparently fed using sharp jaws that moved up and down, unlike their modern co…
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