Monday March 9, 2026
Phys —
Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ancient forerunner of all animals with a skeleton and a backbone alive today—including you and me—and was the world’s oldest known vertebrate apex predator that lived at the top of the food chain in its environment.
In a new paper published in Nature today, we report the discovery of a remarkable new fossil of this strange creature.