Baby teeth in fossilized poop reveal cannibal shark

Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 10:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Brooks HaysBRISTOL, England, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Newly recovered coprolite evidence -- juvenile teeth in fossilized feces -- suggests the prehistoric freshwater shark Orthacanthus cannibalized its young.

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