SCIENCESCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
An Ichthyosaur’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day 160 million years ago
A rare fossil discovery reveals a tooth embedded in an ichthyosaur’s vertebra, likely from a giant pliosaurid attack 160 million years ago. The find provides evidence of a predator-prey interaction between marine reptiles during the Mesozoic era.
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