Ichthyosaur's last meal is evidence of Triassic megapredation
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 11:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Some 240 million years ago, a dolphin-like ichthyosaur ripped to pieces and swallowed another marine reptile only a little smaller than itself. Then it almost immediately died and was fossilized, preserving the first evidence of megapredation, or a large animal preying on another large animal.