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Life reconstruction of a c. 8.2 foot (2.5 m) long breaching Cretoxyrhina mantelli biting the neck of a 16.4 foot (5 m) wingspan Pteranodon longiceps. The predatory behavior of this scene is speculative with respect to the data offered by the 80-million-year-old specimen, but reflects the fact that Cretoxyrhina is generally considered a predatory species, the vast weight advantage of the shark against the pterosaur, and the juvenile impulse of the artist to draw an explosive predatory scene. Image credit: Mark Witton.

Fossil Clue Found to Ancient Clash between Shark and Pteranodon

Dec 20, 2018 by News Staff

In a paper in the journal PeerJ, paleontologists report finding a shark tooth embedded in an 80-million-year-old cervical vertebra of the large flying...