By analyzing the fossil, unearthed in Venezuela, researchers were able to piece together how the sea cow, which belonged to an extinct group of animals known as Culebratherium, perished.

Rare fossilized sea cow unearthed by a local farmer in Venezuela ... is a rare example of one animal being preyed upon by two different predators during the Early to Middle Miocene epoch (23 ...

The researchers posit that the crocodilian first snapped at the sea cow’s snout—leaving the small circular indentations—then snatched at the animal and used its tail to spiral its body and ...

"We have been unsure as to which animals would serve this purpose as ... and this new research highlights the importance of sea cows within the food chain," explains lead-author Aldo Benites ...

Dugongs look like they’re vacuuming, but they’re really grazing with specialized snouts. Find out how they feed, where they ...

Sea cows, better known to scientists as sirenians ... of prey which demonstrates its function as a food source for other animals too,' said lead author Aldo Benites-Palomino at the University ...

[Related: Meet the extinct sea cow that cultivated Pacific kelp forests ... demonstrates its function as a food source for other animals too; but fossil records of this are rarer,” Aldo ...

At one point, estimates say there were 2,000 sea cows swimming in the Arctic sea. But the animals went extinct in 1768, 27 years after they were discovered. In addition to studying the species ...

Although fossils can show if an animal has been eaten by another ... in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the sea cow (from the genus Culebratherium) had conspicuous deep tooth impacts ...