A fossilized hunting scene showing an ancient armored fish taking down a pterosaur, likely by snagging the low-flying reptile by the wing and pulling it under water. CREDIT: PLoS ONECaught In The Act: Ancient Armored Fish Downs Flying Reptile -- Live Science
An ancient armored fish was fossilized in the act of attacking and drowning a pterosaur in a toxic Jurassic lake, revealing that the winged reptiles were victims of a wide variety of carnivores, scientists find.
Pterosaurs dominated the skies during the Age of Dinosaurs. Still, flight did not always ensure them safety — researchers have recently discovered that Velociraptor dined on the flying reptiles.
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My Comment: One has to be impressed by what must have been happening years ago. Just when you think you have dinner .... you die .... and millions of years later we are able to see the act.
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