Decapitated fish fossils depict Late Jurassic food chain

'Aspidorhynchus' was an efficient predator-but sometimes they became the prey. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. An unusual type of fossilized fish can be found within the limestone of present-day Germany. The Late Jurassic era conditions exhibited at the famed Solnhofen deposits have preserved the remains of multiple marlin-like marine predators known as . But these carnivorous remains aren't complete specimens--they're decapitated heads still attached to gastrointestinal tracts.