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


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.

These Jurassic marauders used their razor teeth to tear chunks of flesh and fins off other fish.

Other fish were found nearby which had been attacked by the ancient piranhas.

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