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

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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