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Monster swallows monster: megapredation proof in fossil’s stomach – Sydney Morning Herald
The dolphin-like marine reptile literally may have bitten off more than it could chew.
Inside its stomach was the torso of a 1four-metre-long Xinpusaurus, a type of marine reptile called thalattosaur. Its body design resembled a komodo dragon with four paddling limbs and teeth equipped for crushing shells. The Xinpusaurus was beheaded in the melee and its tail severed.
Detail of the Guizhouichthyosaurus’ teeth.Credit:iScience
“Nobody was there to film it,” but it is possible to interpret what may have occurred between the two animals, said palaeobiologist and study co-author Ryo…
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