Fossil bite marks suggest first evidence of a small raptor feeding on an apex predator

Scientists studying a fossil near Drumheller have found an Albertosaurus skeleton that shows unusual marks on its bones. The marks could mean a smaller dinosaur ate the dead Albertosaurus, or that a young Albertosaurus ate part of its own species. The discovery raises questions about the behavior of dinosaurs in that area.

A prehistoric cold case near Drumheller reveals either a small-time raptor scavenged on an apex predator, or a baby Albertosaurus engaged in a shocking act of cannibalism. These two possible explanations for what happened to an Albertosaurus after its death near Drumheller are wildly divergent.

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