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Jurassic-era piranha is world's earliest flesh-eating fish

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BBC News

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2018-10-19

Scientists have unearthed the fossilised remains of a piranha-like species that they say is the earliest known example of a flesh-eating fish. This bony creature, found in South Germany, lived about 150 million years ago and had the distinctive sharp teeth of modern-day piranhas.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45904004