Newly Identified Piranha-Like Fish from the Jurassic (IMAGE)

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Newly Identified Piranha-Like Fish from the Jurassic

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This image shows a new piranha-like fish from Jurassic seas with sharp, pointed teeth that probably fed on the fins of other fishes. From the time of dinosaurs and from the same deposits that contained Archaeopteryx, scientists recovered both this flesh-tearing fish and its scarred prey.

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M. Ebert and T. Nohl

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