Fossil of a Fish Swallowing Another Fish

Fossil fish (Mioplosus labracoides) aspiration plate. Here a fossil Mioplosus from the perch family is choking/swallowing a fossil fish in the Knightia genus. There is much debate as to whether aspiration plates are examples of predation or an example of

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Amphiplaga Aspiration Brachyptera Bracyptera Cenozoic Eocene Epoch Fossil Fossilized Kemmerer Knightia Labracoides Mioplosus Paleontology Perch Plate Predation Shale Swallowing Wyoming

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