Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Collareta, Alberto, Lambert, Olivier, Landini, Walter, DI CELMA, Claudio Nicola, Malinverno, Elisa, Varas Malca, Rafael, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Pisco; baleen whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11581/394800; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.001; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018216305417?via=ihub

We report on bite marks incising fossil mammal bones collected from upper Miocene deposits of the Pisco Formation exposed at Aguada de Lomas (southern Peru) and attributed to the giant megatooth shark Carcharocles megalodon. The bitten material includes skull remains referred to small-sized baleen w...