Some 150 million years ago, prehistoric fish swimming in the sponge and coral reefs of what is now southern Germany might not have suspected there was a piranha-like predator prowling among them.

And even without any scaling, the prehistoric piranha was still pretty impressive. Its bite would have been as strong as that of a small, 400 kilogram great white shark, even though it would have ...

Lurking underwater, a prehistoric wolf in sheep’s clothing Some 150 million years ago, the sponge and coral reefs of what is now southern Germany might not have suspected there was a piranha ...

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A 150-million-year-old fossil fish, newly named Piranhamesodon pinnatomus, which loosely translates to "piranha-like fin-cutter." Credit: M. Ebert, Jura Museum For hundreds of millions of years ...

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