Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor
Date: 27 February 2013 Time: 05:00 PM ET
Crocodile-like beasts may have nibbled on young dinosaurs
some 75 million years ago, according to scientists who analyzed bite marks on
dinosaur bones.
The findings suggest the rivalry between the
reptiles started early in life, the researchers say.
Bites from living crocodylians such as alligators
and crocodiles are often seen on the bones of their prey and scavenged
bodies. Scientists can use these to identify bite marks on fossils from
crocodyliforms, the reptiles to which modern crocodylians belong.
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