Ichthyosaur's last meal is evidence of Triassic megapredation

ScienceDaily
Aug 20, 2020, 11:28 am155 pts
Some 240 million years ago, a dolphin-like ichthyosaur ripped to pieces and swallowed another marine reptile only a little smaller than itself. Then it almost immediately died and was fossilized, preserving the first evidence of megapredation, or a large animal preying on another large animal.

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