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Spinosaurs ate pterosaurs



From: Ben Creisler bh480@scn.org
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BUFFETAUT, ERIC, DAVID MARTILL & FRANÇOIS ESCUILLIÉ, 2004. 
Pterosaurs as part of a spinosaur diet. Nature 430:  33 
(01 July 2004)
A remarkable specimen has been discovered of an Early 
Cretaceous pterosaur that has a tooth embedded in one of 
its cervical vertebrae: the tooth has been identified as 
one from a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur. This fossil is 
direct evidence that spinosaurs included items other than 
fish in their diet.