This ancient mega-predator was built for stealth

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Published Sep 12, 2025

The extinct marine mega-predator Temnodontosaurus had specialized adaptations to stealthily hunt its prey, suggests an analysis of a fossil flipper. Temnodontosaurus's lifestyle has been a mystery due to a lack of preserved soft tissue, but fossil remains of a fore-fin have revealed several anatomical details that probably reduced low-frequency noise as the animal swam. The authors suggest that these adaptations show that Temnodontosaurus was a stealth predator.

Read the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09271-w
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