Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism
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Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predator
Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism
By Michael Le Page
28 August 2026
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The findings represent the first three-tier predator interaction from the Dinosaur Age.
