[Geology2] Re: Ammonites were probably eaten by fellow cephalopods

Who wouldn't?

RB, Likes his prehistoric creatures to have healthy appetites

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Posted by: "Lin Kerns" linkerns@gmail.com   lin.kerns
Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:41 pm (PST)

Mosasaurs also found ammonites rather tasty, but then they ate
everything
that moved, too.

Lin

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM, <robert-blau@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>
> I hate when that happens . . .
>
> Ammonites were probably eaten by fellow cephalopods
> PhysOrg.com [USA], December 3, 2010
>
> Fossilized ammonites found with bite marks in similar places on their
> shells suggest they were eaten by other cephalopods such as beaked
> squid, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the
> Yorkshire Geological Society.
>
>
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-ammonites-eaten-fellow-cephalopods.html
>
> Also:
>
> Complete sauropod dinosaur fossil found in SW China
> Xinhua News Agency [China], 2010-12-04
> Experts in Chongqing said they had found a complete sauropod dinosaur
> fossil that dates back to the Jurassic Period of 150 million years
ago.
> The fossil was first discovered by villager Cai Changming and his son
in
> Qijiang County when they dug a pond. [I love when that happens.]
>
> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-12/04/c_13635032.htm
>

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