3ft Piranha Fossil Found

[polish]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/toothy3footpiranhafossilfound

Not sure if this is new or old to you all as I don't ever go in this section but I noticed it in the news page on Yahoo and it was just posted there last night. So for those that may not see it I thought I'd share. If it's a repost then my bad.

 

[jp80911]

nice found, thanks for sharing

 

[Diogenes]

yeah this is such an interesting discovery. I think its cool that they think megapiranha is a common ancestor of pacu and piranha. I mean it's pretty obvious, but it's cool that they have found an actual fossil that links the two.

nice find

 

[jp80911]

for those who don't want to read the article but just want to see some pictures.

This photograph of the fossilized teeth and upper jaw of Megapiranha paranensis shows intermediate tooth arrangement between single-rowed piranhas and their double-rowed relatives. The fossil measures about 3 inches in length, and the whole fish was up to 3 feet long. Credit: Mark Sabaj-Pérez

An artist's rendering of Megapiranha paranensis, a 3-foot-long ancestor of the modern piranha. Credit: © Ray Troll

looks just like giant rbps

 

[Armand]

Cool!.

 

[mad ness]

reminds me of that shark they've found teeth for that make a great white look like a poodle. man... imagine haveing a shoal of these things "mega" shoal

 

[Ghost01]

Sweeet.

 

[Retuks]

you would need a matching giant rat... jk.