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A fossil found in Venezuela shows signs of being attacked by a crocodile and then scavenged by a shark. An illustration ... we unearthed were parts of skulls. It took us some time to determine ...
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17 Million-Year-Old Sea Cow Fossil Found in Venezuela with Shark and Crocodile Battle Scarswas first attacked by a crocodile. Then after the initial attack, a tiger shark scavenged the remains. Now, paleontologists are studying the sea cow’s skull to learn more about its life.
The fossilized remains — a partial skull and 13 vertebrae or backbones ... a small- to medium-size crocodilian and a tiger shark. The crocodile-like creature attacked first, according ...
Skeleton analysis indicates the creature was first attacked by the prehistoric crocodile and then scavenged by a tiger shark ... which included a partial skull and 18 associated vertebrae ...
Part of a skull and some vertebrae were discovered ... the attacker as an extinct relative of the tiger shark. All up, it looks like the crocodile made the kill, and after it had eaten its ...
Predation marks in the skull indicate that the dugongine sea cow, belonging to the extinct genus Culebratherium, was first attacked by the ancient crocodile and then scavenged by a tiger shark ...
Dragged by a crocodile before its body was later chewed on by a shark some 20 million years ago ... including a section of a skull and 18 different vertebrae. The sea cow was reconstructed ...
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