“Initially, we were unfamiliar with the site’s geology, and the first fossils we unearthed were parts of skulls. It took us some time to determine what they were — sea cow skulls, which are ...
Aquatic animals delivered a one-two predatory punch millions of years ago. A combination of different teeth marks on “sea cow” bones show that a crocodile snatched the creature’s skull and drowned it ...
The fossilized remains — a partial skull and 13 vertebrae or backbones ... with deep tooth impacts in the sea cow’s snout, suggesting it tried to grasp this part of the dugong’s face ...
“Initially, we were unfamiliar with the site’s geology, and the first fossils we unearthed were parts of skulls. “It took us some time to determine what they were – sea cow ...