“Initially, we were unfamiliar with the site’s geology, and the first fossils we unearthed were parts of skulls. “It took us some time to determine what they were – sea cow ...
“Initially, we were unfamiliar with the site’s geology, and the first fossils we unearthed were parts of skulls. “It took us some time to determine what they were – sea cow ...
A combination of different teeth marks on “sea cow” bones show that a crocodile snatched the creature’s skull and drowned it with a “death roll”— essentially rotating underwater while grasping the sea ...
The researchers analysed a partial skeleton, which included skull fragments and 18 associated vertebrae (Benites-Palomino et al/Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology) The team found what they describe as ...
“Initially, we were unfamiliar with the site’s geology, and the first fossils we unearthed were parts of skulls. It took us some time to determine what they were — sea cow skulls, which are ...
A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct ... The fossilized remains — a partial skull and 13 vertebrae or ...
A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong ... The fossilized remains — a partial skull and 13 ...
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