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Keyword: crocodyliform

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  • Bite marks reveal behavior of dinosaur-eating croc

    03/15/2012 12:36:24 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 5 replies
    University of Wisconsin-Parkside ^ | Friday, March 2, 2012 | unattributed
    Research by Dr. Christopher Noto and a team of paleontologists published this week in the international journal Palaios describes recently discovered fossils from the Cretaceous Period (145-65 million years ago) of Texas that show evidence of attack by a new species of giant crocodyliform (croc-relative). Bite marks on fossil bones provide a rare glimpse of predatory behavior that indicate this animal was a top predator that regularly consumed turtles and even ate dinosaurs... For most extinct species, scientists can never directly observe such predatory behavior. Paleontologists must resort to other, indirect indicators. Bite marks on fossil bone are a great...