Ancient Finned Predator Feasted on Sharks

"There were too many meat eaters," said Robert Bakker, the curator of paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. During the early Permian, carnivores greatly outnumbered herbivores on land, so Dimetrodon filled its belly by hunting in shallow water. Dimetrodon shed teeth throughout its life, and the lost crowns are like bullets at a crime scene, Bakker said. "Sharks were eaten by Dimetrodon in great numbers."

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