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When Predators First Attacked: The Oldest Evidence of Terrestrial Predation on Herbivores in the Fossil Record

The unfortunate fate of several ancient herbivores has provided the world’s oldest evidence of apex predator attacks on their vegetarian contemporaries.

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The Curious Case of Cotylorhynchus and the Caseids, Earth’s First Herbivores

When life first transitioned to land, the evolution of herbivory came alongside some of the strangest looking animals in our planet’s history.