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Incredible Three-in-One Fossil Reveals a 180-Million-Year-Old Marine Food Chain
Photo: David Clode / Unsplash
After seven years of careful study, scientists have unveiled a rare prehistoric fossil capturing a unique ecological moment where a pterosaur, an ichthyosaur, and a pliosaur were preserved together. This extraordinary discovery offers researchers an unprecedented look into the complex food webs and marine life of the Cretaceous era.
After seven years of careful study, scientists have unveiled a rare prehistoric fossil capturing a unique ecological moment where a pterosaur, an ichthyosaur, and a pliosaur were preserved together. This extraordinary discovery offers researchers an unprecedented look into the complex food webs and marine life of the Cretaceous era.