Biol Lett August 2020 PMID 32842894

Predation of the giant Miocene caiman on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia.

François Pujos, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi

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The social discussions demonstrate high interest and agreement through phrases like 'a rare find,' 'predation event,' and references to the caiman attacking a ground sloth, which underline the significance of the fossil evidence. Words like 'snagged,' 'attack,' and 'evidence' reflect curiosity and supportive tones, emphasizing the discovery's importance for paleontology and ecological history.

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  • The discovery of tooth marks on a ground sloth's tibia indicates a predation event by a juvenile or subadult giant caiman approximately 4 meters long, highlighting a rare direct interaction between reptiles and mammals in Miocene South American wetlands.
  • The evidence suggests the young caiman attacked the sloth from its lower hind limb, possibly aiming to subdue or dismember it, which sheds light on its dietary habits prior to achieving its full massive size.
  • This finding reveals that early in their development, giant caimans may have preyed on terrestrial mammals about the size of a capybara, expanding our understanding of their ecological role in prehistoric wetland ecosystems.]

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13 million years ago, the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus fed on ground sloths in proto-Amazonian swamps. Evidence of these interactions is rare - these #BiologyLetters authors present the shinbone of a ground sloth bearing 46 tooth marks: https://t.co/FNdO1WMJZK #FossilFriday https://t.co/Hk25bnF2lv

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13 million years ago, the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus fed on ground sloths in proto-Amazonian swamps. Evidence of these interactions is rare - these #BiologyLetters authors present the shinbone of a ground sloth bearing 46 tooth marks: https://t.co/FNdO1WMJZK #FossilFriday https://t.co/NCYbY6i00y

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A Miocene bonebed in Peru was the crime scene for a predatory attack! A caiman attacked a ground sloth leaving 46 bite marks on its tibia. The caiman wasn't even full grown (~4m long) and could've reached sizes up to 10 m long! https://t.co/UsQQW6FuPc https://t.co/uJAUpjXjXr

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RT @pantheo27705718: 1300万年前の原始アマゾンの湿地帯。哺乳類と爬虫類が共存の環境。 大型ナマケモノ Pseudoprepotherium の脛骨に46個の歯の痕。当時の頂点捕食者、大型カイマン Purussaurus の若齢/亜成体(体長約4m)に捕食…

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RT @ferwen: Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia | Biology Lett…

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RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@PaleoCameron · X

RT @ferwen: Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia | Biology Lett…

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Rafael Delcourt
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RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia | Biolo…

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RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@Flygon_Cumbiero · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@prmelosampaio · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@RXTTENFISH · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@ferwen · X

Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia | Biology Letters https://t.co/dUjtNBQc1C https://t.co/MGR06HT5gZ

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@joselyx98 · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@TheTweetOfRhea · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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Prof Anna Williams
@Bonegella · X

RT @UglyFossils: #Caimans (and really all crocodylians) aren't the neatest of eaters. This single sloth tibia sports 46 individual tooth ma…

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Castodon
@CastodonPodcast · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia | Biolo…

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Geoff Jones
@Jonesy_Geoff · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@zmiller1902 · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X

Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia | Biology Letters https://t.co/BaquRlGqCy

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Bushel of Bush Babies
@venonat_attack · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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@piyawat · X

RT @UglyFossils: A young Purussaurus snagged itself a #sloth snack, 13 million years ago in Peru. #caiman #taphonomy

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