Flesh-Eating, Piranha-Like Fish Terrorized Jurassic Seas Because of Course They Did
Piranha-like creatures capable of biting chunks of flesh from their victims appeared some 150 million years ago, according to new research. Introducing Piranhamesodon pinnatomus—the oldest known flesh-eating ray-finned bony fish, a family of fish that today includes trout, grouper, and cod. During the late Jurassic, around 150 million years ago, sharks (which are cartilaginous fish)…
