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Megapredation Content for 51吃瓜黑料 DavisenIchthyosaur鈥檚 Last Meal Is Evidence of Triassic Megapredation
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<p>Some 240 million years ago, a dolphinlike 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. The fossil, discovered in 2010 in southwestern China, is described in a paper published Aug. 20 in the journal <a href="https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(20)30534-4">iScience</a>.</p>August 20, 2020 - 7:53amAndy Fell/curiosity/news/ichthyosaurs-last-meal-evidence-triassic-megapredation