Some “conspicuous” deep tooth impacts focused on the sea cow’s snout, suggest that the crocodile first attempted to grasp its prey by the snout to suffocate it. Two further large incisions indicate ...

The fossil of an extremely unlucky dugong has been uncovered. The old sea cow had a pretty bad day about 20 million years ago when it was eaten by both a crocodile and a shark. This remarkable fossil ...

Two further large incisions, with a round starting impact, demonstrate the crocodile then dragged the sea cow, followed by tearing it. Marks on the fossils with striations and slashing, indicate the ...

A new study describing how a prehistoric sea cow was preyed upon by not one, but two different carnivores – a crocodilian and a shark – is revealing clues into both the predation patterns of ancient ...