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Prehistoric fossil shows signs of epic battle

By T.K. Randall
May 6, 2011 · Comment icon 5 comments

Image Credit: Heinrich Harder
A 120-million-year old ichthyosaur jawbone shows signs of attack by a member of the same species.
The wounds indicate that the dolphin-like creatures battled it out in the prehistoric seas, most likely over food, territory or a mate. Evidence of healing suggests the creature actually survived the fight for some time before it died.
Relics of an epic battle between the waves have been found on the jawbone of a 120million-year-old sea monster. The bite wounds inflicted on the ichthyosaur were probably made by a member of the same species, scientists believe.


Source: Daily Mail | Comments (5)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Rangkor 13 years ago
Did put "epic" in the title just because the animals where big? That doesn't make a battle epic. Anyways, this is just normal animal behavior.
Comment icon #2 Posted by marharthm 13 years ago
One bit another one, whats the big deal?
Comment icon #3 Posted by Robbie333 13 years ago
Very cool Still. Just another piece to the puzzle, thanks.
Comment icon #4 Posted by lillypad12455 13 years ago
i did a little bit of research and found that there are actually a few great finds as early as the 1600 but the most famous finds were in 1811 by mary annings and she live on the english south coast in lyme regis known today as the jurassic coast and her fossil can be seen at the natural history museum in london. although there has been fossils found in other countries and they other great find on this marine mammal which could also be found in lakes. there is the 1905 expedition that took place in nevada which they found a 55ft or 17meters long ichthyosaur fossil which has been named shonisau... [More]
Comment icon #5 Posted by Taut 13 years ago
That title could be applied to me.


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